Emotion-focused coping is a coping strategy in which adolescents
A) unconsciously use strategies that distort or deny the true nature of the situation in order
to reduce stress.
B) try to deal with stress by consciously regulating their emotions.
C) attempt to manage a stressful problem or situation by directly changing the situation to
make it less stressful.
D) dwell on their emotions and are therefore unable to effectively cope with them.
B
You might also like to view...
The somatic nervous system of a patient is no longer working for an unknown reason. What would this person be like?
a. The patient would be dead since it controls things such as heart and lungs b. The patient would be unable to move when they wanted to c. The patient would be incapable of sleeping d. The patient would find themselves incapable of staying awake
____________________ is the process by which a scheme is changed when new information does not fit with one's prior experiences
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Jamie, who expects to be less inhibited when she drinks alcohol, will act less inhibited whether she actually drinks alcohol or drinks a placebo she thinks is alcohol. This phenomenon is called
A. the expectancy effect. B. Wernicke-Korsakoff effect. C. the lysergic effect. D. klepto-pyro effect.
In trying to understand both the "what" and "why" of human development, developmental psychologists focus on each of the following themes EXCEPT ______
a. individual characteristics versus shared human traits b. stability versus change c. primary versus secondary development d. heredity versus environment