Analyses of the Effectiveness of Coping Strategies in Managing the Stress

question 3

Multiple Choice

Analyses of the effectiveness of coping strategies in managing the stress associated with chronic illness conclude that

• A) the coping strategies used by chronically ill patients are significantly different from the strategies observed in healthy samples.
• B) avoidant coping is associated with reduced psychological distress and better psychological adjustment.
• C) confrontative coping is associated with better adjustment than the use of multiple coping strategies.
• D) active coping is more consistently associated with good adjustment.
• E) vigilant coping is associated with reduced psychological distress over the long-term.

Explain the phenomenon of transference in psychotherapy.

Differentiate between various therapy approaches including rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Compare psychodynamic, humanistic, and experiential approaches in therapy.

Recognize the components and efficacy of various psychotherapeutic treatments and their research implications.

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Definitions:

Educational Objectives

Goals or outcomes that educators set for learners to achieve, which guide curriculum planning and assessment.

Negative Labeling

The practice of assigning a degrading or demotivating descriptor to an individual, often based on limited information or prejudice.

Stereotyping

The act of assigning specific attributes to an individual or group based on perceived characteristics of the group they belong to, often oversimplifying complex diversities.

Deductive Reasoning

A reasoning method where an inference is drawn from the agreement of several assumptions which are typically believed to be accurate.