U3 AOS 1 - DP8

Question 1

Coping

Answer 1

a process involving cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage specific internal or external stressors

Question 2

Coping strategy

Answer 2

a method that we use to manage or reduce the stress produced by a stressor

Question 3

Coping flexibility

Answer 3

the ability to modify our coping strategies to adapt and meet the demands of different stressful situations

Question 4

Context-specific effectiveness

Answer 4

when a coping strategy matches or is appropriate to the stressful situation

Question 5

Approach strategies

Answer 5

an effort to confront a stressor and deal directly with it and its effects

Question 6

Benefits of approach strategies

Answer 6

more adaptive and effective than avoidance strategies.

People who rely more on approach
strategies to cope with a stressor tend
to experience fewer psychological
symptoms and can function more
effectively than people who rely more
on avoidance strategies.

Question 7

Limitations of approach strategies

Answer 7

Initially or in the short term, approach
strategies may increase stress levels while the individual is directly engaged with the stressor and its causes.

may require a lot of the individual’s energy and focus to deal with the stressor, which means they might neglect other aspects of their lives.

Question 8

Avoidance strategies

Answer 8

an effort to avoid a stressor and not deal directly with it and its effects

Question 9

Benefits of avoidance strategies

Answer 9

Disengagement might be appropriate in a situation where nothing can be done.

It allows you to conserve energy to
focus on other stressors that can be changed.

Question 10

Limitations of avoidance strategies

Answer 10

tend to be maladaptive.

The strategies tend to only be helpful in
the short term, and their long-term use can prevent people from responding to stressors in constructive ways.