Steven Does Not Think That His Actions Will Help Change

question 42

Multiple Choice

Steven does not think that his actions will help change his stressful job.Instead,he adopts the "smile - the world looks brighter when you do" coping style to deal with his stress.He uses what type of coping style?

• A)emotion-focused
• B)problem-focused
• C)decision-focused
• D)avoidance-focused

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, or even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.

Sublimation

In psychology, it refers to a defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Unacceptable Sexual Impulses

Sexual desires or thoughts that are considered inappropriate or morally wrong by societal standards or personal values.

Collective Unconscious

A term coined by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind.