49. A 45-year-old woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Several days later, her husband asks her what options she has considered for treatment. She replies. "I'm trying not to think about it; I know it's serious, but I just can't make any decisions right now." She is using which of the following adaptive mechanisms to cope with her stress? A) Denial B) Reaction formation C) Repression D) Splitting E) Suppression

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49. A 45-year-old woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Several days later, her husband asks her what options she has considered for treatment. She replies. "I'm trying not to think about it, I
know it's serious, but I just can't make any decisions right now." She is using which of the following adaptive mechanisms to cope with her stress?
A) Denial
B) Reaction formation
C) Repression
D) Splitting
E) Suppression
Transcribed Image Text:49. A 45-year-old woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Several days later, her husband asks her what options she has considered for treatment. She replies. "I'm trying not to think about it, I know it's serious, but I just can't make any decisions right now." She is using which of the following adaptive mechanisms to cope with her stress? A) Denial B) Reaction formation C) Repression D) Splitting E) Suppression
46. A 49-year-old woman develops nausea following her second chemotherapy session for a malignancy. She develops nausea and a sense of fear as she approaches the hospital waiting room
for later sessions. Which of the following behavioral mechanisms most likely caused these feelings?
A) Classical conditioning
B) Desensitization
C) Flooding
D) Implosion
E) Operant conditioning
Transcribed Image Text:46. A 49-year-old woman develops nausea following her second chemotherapy session for a malignancy. She develops nausea and a sense of fear as she approaches the hospital waiting room for later sessions. Which of the following behavioral mechanisms most likely caused these feelings? A) Classical conditioning B) Desensitization C) Flooding D) Implosion E) Operant conditioning
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