Question

When Felicity started a new job, she was apprehensive because of the possibility of being rejected by her new co-workers. Which category of psychological stress was she experiencing? Group of answer choices challenge threat role strain harm

Answer 1

Answer:

Threat

Explanation:

felicity feels the situation is too demanding, exceeding her resources, thats why she's experiencing threat.

Answer 2

Answer:

threat

Explanation:

In psychology, threat is a perceived feeling that an individual has when faced with a situation, whereby they feel they do no have enough coping ability to handle the situation which seem like an obstacle.  

Threat is the opposite of a challenge. When someone is faced with a situation, if he sees it as experiencing a challenge, he believes he has the ability to develop coping mechanisms to handle the situation, unlike when one perceives a threat.

From the information given about Felicity in the question above, the category of psychological stress she was experiencing is threat.