Resilience and Invincibility Quiz

Resilience, Invincibility and Invulnerability In the initial years of resilience research mostly focused on children, those who functioned well despite adversity were sometimes described as invulnerable and invincible. Later, researchers suggested that such descriptions may not be accurate as it is realistically impossible for human beings not to be impacted by events occurring in their life. Transitions do have some bearing on emotions and cognitions and consequently on behaviour. However, terms like invulnerable and invincible give the impression that resilient individuals are unaffected by stressors. This is a flawed assumption and thus the terms invincibility and invulnerability are no longer used synonymously with resilience. Resilience and Coping Another term that is sometimes used synonymously with resilience, is coping. Although on the surface it might appear that coping and resilience mean the same, it is not so. The essential difference between coping and resilience as reported in psychology literature is that the idea of coping is largely associated with one’s response to negative events such as death of a loved one, conflicts in relationships, financial, professional, or academic setbacks. However, the phenomenon of resilience is not restricted to unfavourable events only.

Coping is synonymous with invincibility, while resilience is associated with vulnerability

Coping is largely associated with response to negative events, while resilience is not restricted to unfavorable events only (correct)

Coping is unaffected by stressors, while resilience is impacted by events

Coping is unrealistic, while resilience is based on accurate descriptions

Because resilient individuals are immune to negative events

Because resilience research mostly focused on adults

Because resilient individuals are not unaffected by stressors (correct)

Because invulnerability and invincibility are accurate descriptions of resilience

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