If You Didn't Experience Any Anxiety at All About an Upcoming

question 5

Multiple Choice

If you didn't experience any anxiety at all about an upcoming exam,

• A) you would do very well.
• B) you would do slightly better than if we experienced moderate anxiety.
• C) you would be able to finish the exam quickly.
• D) you would not prepare for the exam.

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Definitions:

Avoidant Coping Strategies

Methods of dealing with stress by avoiding the stressor altogether, which can include denial, distraction, or withdrawal.

Emotion-focused Strategies

Coping mechanisms that aim to manage and reduce the intensity of an emotional reaction to a problem, rather than addressing the problem itself.

Four-category Model

A framework that classifies information or phenomena into four distinct categories for better analysis or understanding.

Self-worth

Self-worth is the sense of one's own value or worth as a person, influencing emotions, motivations, and behaviors, and is a critical component of psychological health.