Practice question · Multiple choice
Perceived support, believing help would come, often predicts health better than support actually received. Why would the belief outperform the fact?
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- Ask when perceived support acts, relative to the stressor.
- One operates on appraisal; the other on aftermath.
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B. Because it changes how threatening the situation looks at all
Why
Appraisal comes first. Believing you would be helped makes the demand look manageable, which is the buffering model's mechanism, and it works whether or not help is ever called on.
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