Steven doesn't 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

ANS: A, Emotion-focused coping involves changing your emotional response to a stressor.

Psychology

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a. amniocentesis. b. ultrasound. c. germline gene therapy as a prenatal treatment. d. chorionic villus sampling.

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