Analyses of the Effectiveness of Coping Strategies in Managing the Stress

question 2

Multiple Choice

Analyses of the effectiveness of coping strategies in managing the stress associated with chronic health disorders 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.

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Definitions:

Immanent Justice

The belief, often held by children, that moral behavior is immediately rewarded and immoral behavior is immediately punished.

Autonomous Morality

The second stage of moral development in Piaget’s theory, displayed by older children (about 10 years of age and older). The child becomes aware that rules and laws are created by people and that, in judging an action, one should consider the actor’s intentions as well as the consequences.

Punishment

A consequence aimed at reducing a behavior, typically involving unpleasant or undesirable outcomes for the recipient.

Immanent Justice

The belief often held by children that moral wrongs will be immediately punished and virtues rewarded, regardless of human intervention.