Emotional Coping Strategies

question 73

Multiple Choice

Emotional coping strategies:

• A) work better over the short term than the long term
• B) are usually better than problem-focused strategies in a variety of situations
• C) work best in the face of a controllable stressor
• D) are counterproductive in most situations

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Definitions:

Travelers Checks

Pre-printed, fixed-amount checks designed to allow the person signing them to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer for that privilege.

Reserve Ratio

The fraction of deposits that banks are required to keep on hand as reserves, either in their vaults or with the central bank, to ensure liquidity.

Goldsmith's Receipts

Goldsmith's Receipts were historically issued by goldsmiths in the form of promissory notes against the gold deposited with them, leading to the development of banking.

NOW Accounts

Interest-earning banking accounts that permit writing checks against the deposited funds.