Vanna's mother is ill and Vanna is feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of her mother's illness, Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using:
a) problem-focused coping.
b) emotion-focused coping.
c) distraction.
d) reappraisal.
ANS: B, Emotion-focused coping involves changing the way a person emotionally reacts to a stressor. Writing in the journal helps Vanna cope with her mother's illness.
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a. She has below average intelligence. b. She has above average intelligence. c. She is younger than the control group. d. She is older than the control group.
The philosophical approach of empiricism held that differences in human capabilities are due to
a. genetics. b. original sin. c. innate goodness. d. experience.