Allison is having a great deal of difficulty in her statistics class. She goes to her teacher to discuss ways in which she can improve her skills, or even drop the class if necessary. Allison is demonstrating .

The correct answer is problem-focused coping

When focused on the problem, it is an active strategy in which the subject undertakes to manage or modify the problem in order to control or deal with the threat; when focused on emotions, it aims to regulate the response to the stressful situation by controlling the reaction caused by the stressor the person is with; when focused on social support it aims to support other people, when focused on the miracle, it is expected that some supernatural phenomenon independent of the individual's activity.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.