Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Meeting Life Challenges

Question:

Read the given case-study carefully and answer the question that follow.

According to Lazarus and his colleagues, people have a tendency to appraise any situation as positive, negative or neutral. When Vikram lost his job as event manager, he perceived the situation as negative but he didn't lose heart and decided to start a food joint as he was handling similar projects in the past. Whereas Vikas who also lost his job as a marketing manager, started feeling helpless and hopeless and consumed alcohol regularly. He started coming up with excuses for not doing anything. He could not even think of starting his own venture as he had no money to invest. He would often become very angry or would start crying bitterly.

According to Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Stress, psychological characteristics that effect stress appraisal are :

(A) Mental health
(B) Physical health
(C) Temperament
(D) Expected response style
(E) Self concept

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A), (B), (D) Only

(A), (C), (E) Only

(B), (C), (E) Only

(B), (D), (E) Only

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (E) Only

Explanation:

According to Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Stress, psychological characteristics that affect stress appraisal are:

These include mental health (A), temperament (C), and self-concept (E).

Option 2: (A), (C), (E) Only