An attempt to deal with threat by managing or altering the distressing situation itself is known as
a. management coping.
b. problem-focused coping.
c. focused threat assessment.
d. primary appraisal.
B
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their decision to give money to their partners largely on: A) the direction of the discrepancy between the descriptions and how the partners actually behaved. B) what the partners actually did in the game. C) the written descriptions. D) the consistency with which the partners acted according to the written descriptions.
The general developmental trend for strategy use is that as children become more mature, they
a. apply strategies in the same ways as when young. b. use more strategies, more effectively. c. become increasingly reliant on unconscious habits. d. suffer from confusion because they must make choices from an expanded range of possible strategies.
In the auditory system, hair cells are specialized receptors that respond to ____.
A. mechanical displacement B. electromagnetic energy C. chemicals D. vestibular input
According to surveys, how did the majority of emerging adults respond when asked, "Do you feel that you have reached adulthood?"
in some ways depends on the day completely not at all