Coping Strategies

1. Which of the following statements best expresses a central idea of the text?

• The best way to cope with stress is to remain positive and ignore all negative emotions, rather than dwell on stressful situations.

• Studying one's dreams is a great adaptive coping mechanism because it prompts one to reflect on their life choices.

• All adaptive coping mechanisms become maladaptive if utilized and relied on too frequently.

• People use different methods to deal with stress, which can produce positive and negative consequences depending on how one chooses to cope.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which quote from the text best supports this central idea: "People use different methods to deal with stress, which can produce positive and negative consequences depending on how one chooses to cope."

• "People have many different strategies for dealing with stressful situations — some helpful, and some not so helpful." (Paragraph 1)

• "when humor is overused as a coping mechanism, it can lead to denial or avoidance" (Paragraph 7)

• "Sigmund Freud, the famous psychoanalyst who was the first person to study the significance of dreams, is credited with popularizing the idea of denial." (Paragraph 9)

• "a person who has dissociative behavior may even invent a new imaginary world where they do not have to face an uncomfortable feeling or memory." (Paragraph 11)

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

PART A: What does "primitive" mean as it is used in paragraph 9?

• uncivilized

• old-fashioned

• instinctive

• foolish

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which phrase from paragraph 9 supports the idea that "primitive" is being used to mean "instinctive"?

• "to reject its existence"

• "despite overwhelming evidence"

• "proving the contrary"

• "develop in early childhood"

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the author's primary purpose in this text?

• to inform the reader about various adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms

• to advise the reader on how to deal with specific stressful situations

• to explain how stress can harm someone mentally, emotionally, and physically

• to provide a history of psychology and its everyday benefits

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Bonus: When you are absent, you should FIRST

• Email your teacher

• Check the agenda in the weekly folders for your make-up work

• Ask a friend what you missed

• Scream into the void

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

When you are absent, you should (Choose THREE)

• Complete make-up work (2 days per day out)

• Hope you are marked "exempt" from assignments

• Ask a friend/teacher for a copy of notes you missed

• Complete your warm ups

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5