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Unit 3: How does experience affect behaviour and mental processes?
Quick questions on Coping strategies and coping flexibility: VCE Psychology Unit 3
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What are approach strategies?Show answer
Approach strategies confront the stressor directly, dealing with it and the emotions it causes head on. Examples include gathering information about the problem, making a plan, seeking practical help, or talking through feelings. Approach strategies move toward the source of stress in order to change or resolve it.
What are avoidance strategies?Show answer
Avoidance strategies evade or divert attention away from the stressor and the emotions it produces. Examples include distraction, denial, procrastination, or withdrawing from the situation. Avoidance moves away from the source of stress.
What is context-specific effectiveness?Show answer
Context-specific effectiveness is the idea that the effectiveness of a coping strategy depends on how well it matches the demands of the particular situation. No strategy is universally good or bad. A strategy is effective when it fits the context and ineffective when it does not.
What is coping flexibility?Show answer
Coping flexibility is the ability to effectively modify or adjust coping strategies according to the demands of different and changing situations. A person with high coping flexibility can recognise when a strategy is not working, stop using it, and select a more suitable one. A person with low coping flexibility rigidly applies the same strategy regardless of whether it fits.
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