AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -How do people use denial and intellectualization to cope with stress? When people use denial they refuse to acknowledge the existence of the stress-causing situation. People use intellectualization to create an emotional detachment between themselves and the situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Any type of coping strategy that involves trying to change your emotional reaction to a stressful event can be considered emotion-focused coping. The concept was first introduced in the 1980s by Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman.

Detailed explanation-3: -Problem-focused coping entails responding to the stress that one is feeling rather than confronting the root problem. Emotion-focused coping is the cognitive strategy of squarely facing one’s troubles and trying to solve them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Active coping strategies include hardiness, controlling stressful situations, problem solving, explanatory style, relaxation, biofeedback, humor, exercise, support groups, professional help, training, and improving interpersonal skills.