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A student who is failing statistics arranges tutoring, contacts the lecturer and blocks out daily study time. Which coping style is this?
AEmotion-focused coping, which lowers the feelings involved
BReappraisal, which reframes a stressor without altering it
CProblem-focused coping, which alters the stressor directly
DLearned helplessness, which gives up on changing outcomes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Problem-focused coping, which alters the stressor directly
1. Coping means the mental and behavioral efforts used to deal with problems relating to stress.
2. Lazarus and Folkman distinguished two fundamental kinds, problem-focused and emotion-focused coping.
3. In problem-focused coping a person attempts to manage or alter the problem that is causing the stress, working much like everyday problem solving.
4. Arranging tutoring, contacting the teacher and setting aside study hours are all attempts to change the source of the stress, so this is problem-focused coping.
5. Emotion-focused coping and reappraisal work on the feelings or the meaning instead, and learned helplessness is a belief in powerlessness rather than a coping style.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 14 "Stress, Lifestyle, and Health", section 14.4 Regulation of Stress_
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