To alleviate the stress of losing her job,Alicia enrolled in a work retraining program that led to full-time employment. Alicia's behavior best illustrates

A) learned helplessness.
B) a fight-or-flight reaction.
C) problem-focused coping.
D) a Type A profile.

Alicia's enrollment in a work retraining program is an example of problem-focused coping, which involves taking direct action to solve a problem or alleviate stress. This is in contrast to learned helplessness, which involves feeling helpless and giving up in the face of adversity, a fight-or-flight reaction, which involves responding to stress with either aggression or avoidance, or a Type A profile, which is a personality type characterized by competitiveness, perfectionism, and a sense of time urgency.