Angela Transfers to a New High School for Gifted Children

Angela transfers to a new high school for gifted children and has trouble making friends. She expected this and plans to change it by joining more after school clubs and sitting next to different people at lunch. She believes she has effective options for dealing with the stressor of having no friends; therefore, she experiences ________.

A) less stress than someone who has no effective options
B) more anxiety than someone who has no effective options
C) more stress than someone who has no effective options
D) no physiological response to the stressor of having no friends