People Tend to Use Emotion-Focused Coping Rather Than Problem-Focused Coping

Multiple Choice

People tend to use emotion-focused coping rather than problem-focused coping when they

A) believe they cannot change a stressful situation.
B) appraise a stressful event as a challenge rather than a threat.
C) enter the resistance phase of the general adaptation syndrome.
D) deal with the stress of daily hassles such as obnoxious cell-phone talkers.