Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Task-Oriented Strategy | (I) | Dynamic situation specific reaction to stress |
| (B) | Emotion-Oriented Strategy | (II) | Maintaining a time schedule |
| (C) | Avoidance-Oriented Strategy | (III) | Worry about what I am going to do |
| (D) | Coping | (IV) | Talking to friends or watching T.V. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(A) Task-Oriented Strategy — this matches (II) Maintaining a time schedule. This strategy means getting information about the stressful situation, deciding priorities and acting to deal directly with it, for example ‘schedule my time better’.
(B) Emotion-Oriented Strategy — this matches (III) Worry about what I am going to do. It involves efforts to maintain hope and control one’s emotions, venting anger and frustration, or deciding that nothing can be done; ‘worry about what I am going to do’ is a typical example of it.
(C) Avoidance-Oriented Strategy — this matches (IV) Talking to friends or watching T.V. It involves denying or minimising the seriousness of the situation and replacing stressful thoughts with self-protective ones, such as watching TV or phoning a friend.
(D) Coping — this matches (I) Dynamic situation specific reaction to stress. Coping is a dynamic situation-specific reaction to stress: a set of concrete responses to stressful situations or events that are intended to resolve the problem and reduce stress. Lazarus and Folkman also saw it as a dynamic process rather than an individual trait.
NCERT (2025-26): “Coping with Stress … Coping is a dynamic situation-specific reaction to stress. It is a set of concrete responses to stressful situations or events that are intended to resolve the problem and reduce stress.…” “Coping with Stress … The three coping strategies given by Endler and Parker are: Task-oriented Strategy : This involves obtaining information about the stressful situation and about alternative courses of action and their probable outcome; it also involves deciding priorities and acting so as to deal directly with the stressful situation. For example, schedule my time better, or think about how I have solved similar problems. Emotion-oriented Strategy : This can involve efforts to maintain hope and to control one’s emotions; it can also involve venting feelings of anger and frustration, or deciding that nothing can be done to change things. For example, tell myself that it is not really happening to me, or worry about what I am going to do.…” |