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How do people tend to cope with loneliness, and why is it important to do so?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Schachter (1959) found that participants expecting to receive painful electric shocks preferred the company of others who were in the same situation. These results suggest that
 
  a. social comparison processes are used to evaluate emotions.
  b. emotions have a strong physiological component.
  c. self-handicapping is more about self-presentation than self-enhancement.
  d. people are relatively inaccurate at affective forecasting.



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Answer to Question 1

People cope with loneliness in a variety of ways. Some of the most common strategies
are to try harder to be friendly to people, to distract oneself using television or reading,
and to work harder at success in another arena in life. Other distraction-oriented
strategies might take one shopping, to the gym for some exercise, or to wash the car.
Simply staying busy seems to be a good way to cope with loneliness. Still others will
talk to a friend, relative, or therapist about the problem, and maybe even try to improve
their appearance in hopes of abating loneliness. One of the most dangerous ways to try
to cope with loneliness is through substance abuse. It is important to have adaptive
ways of coping with loneliness because as we age, it becomes a risk factor for a broad
range of physical and mental health problems, particularly physical inactivity and
depression.

Answer to Question 2

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