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Question

Laura is in her “English” course and she has a group project to accomplish. Her team

members have not been very active in group discussion. She tried to inform her team members that

the project would not be done on time without everyone’s effort. Unfortunately, no one responded

to her email. Laura is nervous as well as worried because the project is due in two days. (400-500 words)

a) Write TWO stressors which she might be facing.  

b) How could the stress influence negatively on Laura? Write at least two points.

c) Give TWO suggestions to Laura to manage her stress

Answer 1

A) Laura is facing a deadline, and she cannot get the cooperation of her team.

B)The stress may result in negative feelings, such as unnecessary worry and anger at her teammates.

C)Laura may want to reach out personally to each of her teammates instead of by email, and tell them how essential their contributions are to the success of the project. She may also want to find out why they are not participating, and then make her teammates feel each of their contributions are a valued and essential part of the project. She may want to take initiative and schedule a project meeting and ask each teammate for their feedback on the project.

Answer 2

At this point, Laura might be facing a few stressors such as being worried that she might not get to finish her project on time, and being annoyed at her group mates for not responding to her. Stress can have a negative impact on Laura. If she's worried about the outcome of her project or angry at her group mates, then she might have hard time focusing on finishing her part of the assignment. She might also not be able to get enough rest at night which can also affect her concentration and productivity during the day. Two suggestions for Laura would be 1) To speak to her professor and let him know about the situation, and 2) To simply focus on getting her part of the assignment done. In this way, if her project is not finished on time because of her group mates irresponsibility, the professor will know that it wasn't Laura's fault.