Azanae just got her first after-school job and now a friend is pressuring her to go out for the track team. which stress-management strategy would be most relevant for avoiding stress in this situation? a. seeking support from others c. redirecting nervous energy b. practicing relaxation techniques d. using refusal skills 15. assume that you are feeling stress because you have an oral presentation tomorrow. what is an effective way to deal with the stress? a. prepare for and practice the presentation early. b. postpone the presentation until next week. c. focus on what might go wrong during the presentation

1. I believe the answer is: D. using refusal skills

refusal skills refers to a form of skills that designed to prevent children and adolescents to avoid being involved in high-risk situation.
These refusal skills are really effective in preventing the children from things such as drug consumption, underage drinking, irresponsible driving, etc.

2. I believe the answer is: A. Prepare for and practice the presentation early

Making early preparation would help you to directly confront the source of anxiety. It would help you relax and gained confidence knowing that you have made the necessary effort to obtain full command on all the materials that involved during the presentation.

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.