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GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 34

Motivation, Emotion and Stress and Coping · Stress and Coping: Stressors, cognitive factors, general adaptation syndrome, effects of stress, problem-focused and emotion-focused coping · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which theory states that people try to regulate their emotions to minimize the distress caused by a situation?

  1. Problem-focused coping
  2. General Adaptation Syndrome
  3. Cognitive appraisal
  4. Emotion-focused coping

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Correct answer: (D) Emotion-focused coping

Explanation

Emotion-focused coping aims to manage the feelings that a stressor produces. Problem-focused coping acts on the problem itself.