ASSIGNMENT
PSYCHOLOGY
G XII
CHAPTER 3: MEETING LIFE CHALLENGES
Q1. Read the case and answer the questions that follow.
In the Army, one cannot sit back and relax. A few years after the Kargil War,
Deepchand’s regiment was posted to Rajasthan. While setting up an ammunition
store, a bomb was accidentally detonated. In the explosion, Deepchand lost his
fingers. Later both his legs and right arm were amputated. After 24 hours and 17
bottles of blood, he finally gained consciousness. After the accident, lying on the
hospital bed, Deepchand mulled over why he met with an accident. Being an athlete,
he felt bad about not being able to run for the state again. But as they say, once a
soldier, always a soldier. “I trained myself to walk with the help of prosthetics. I learnt
to ride a scooter and use a computer. And there has been no looking back,” he said.
Deepchand has worked for the country without flinching even an eyelid. And in doing
so, in an unfortunate event, he met with an accident and lost his limbs. Does he
regret his childhood dream to become an army jawan? The proud man who stands
on his prosthetic feet says he does not. “The accident could have happened to me in
any profession. At least it happened in the line of fire. I want to be reborn a soldier.
There’s nothing greater than serving your country,” he said.
i) Identify the phenomenon that Deepchand is experiencing immediately after
regaining consciousness in the hospital.
a. Eustress
b. Distress c. Social Pressure
d. Hassles
ii)
Deepchand’s secondary appraisal of the event would be __________
a. Appraisal of the threat
b. Appraisal of the harm
c. Appraisal of his coping abilities and resources
d. Appraisal of the challenges ahead
III. What was the source of Deepchand’s stress?
a. Life events
b. Traumatic events
c. Hassles
d. Environmental
IV. Based on the below given statement, as per Lazarus, what will determine
Deepchand’s cognitive appraisal of the event:
Q2. “The accident could have happened to me in any profession. At least it
happened in the line of fire. I want to be reborn a soldier. There’s nothing greater
than serving your country,” he said. (2)
Q3. Tanisha works at night in a call center, travels amidst heavy traffic to reach her
work place and sleeps during the daytime. This is challenging and is a/an
_____________.
a. hassle
b. traumatic event
c. life event
d. environmental stress
Q4 Two statements are given in the question below as Assertion (A) and Reasoning
(R). Read the statements and choose the appropriate option.
Assertion (A): Many of us drive ourselves ruthlessly towards achieving unrealistic
and high standards in achieving our goals. This is a source of psychological stress.
Reason (R): Conflicts stem from beliefs based on expectations from inside us to
ourselves.
Options:
a. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true, R is false
d. A is false, R is true
Q5.
Neerav’s parents have recently shifted to Bengaluru and have been busy settling
him in the new city. Neerav misses his friends back in
Nagpur and this has impacted his academic performance. What is
the source of this stress ? State the other sources of stress as well. 2
