Tim is a wide receiver on his college football team. Lately, Tim has dropped a lot of easy

passes. He is beginning to get down on himself and is losing his confidence to play the
game.

Tim's coach pulls him aside one day and tells him to stop being so negative. He
tells Tim, "Instead of thinking that you are going to drop the ball, tell yourself that you
are going to catch it and run with it all the way to the end zone." The coach's advice is
similar to a method of stress reduction called
a. cognitive reappraisal.
b. aerobic exercise.
c. progressive relaxation.
d. emotion-focused coping.
e. cognitive contrasting.

a. cognitive reappraisal.