Question

Gwen has always experienced extreme anxiety regarding tests. After seeing a counselor, she learned how to regulate her emotions during exam week. Instead of thinking about the exams as a threat, she thinks of the exams as an opportunity to show how thoroughly she studied and how much she knows. Which strategy is Gwen using to regulate her emotions?

Answer 1

Answer: Reappraisal

Explanation:

Reappraisal  method is for reducing stress and tension in stressful situation when it cannot be avoided. Functioning in reappraisal is carried through decreasing  or changing the influence of emotion through regulation or handling situation in form of positive way such as opportunity etc.

According to the question,Gwen is using reappraisal mechanism in which instead of getting tensed from test ,she is regulating her stress in the form of chance to show her studied learning and knowledge in test .