If You Want to Apply a Problem-Focused Form of Coping

question 42

Multiple Choice

If you want to apply a problem-focused form of coping to answering difficult questions on this exam, your BEST strategy would be to _____.

• A) make a guess and cross your fingers
• B) argue with your professor after class that some questions were unfair
• C) mark the questions about which you are uncertain, and return to answer them after checking other questions for clues
• D) all of these options

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Definitions:

Intervention

An action taken to improve a situation, especially a medical procedure or a social or psychological support measure.

Creating Hypotheses

The process of forming testable statements or predictions based on theoretical insights or observations.

Observation

The process of monitoring or noting phenomena with the aim of collecting data or arriving at conclusions.

Application

The act of putting something to use or implementing a concept, method, or device for a particular purpose.