Trista knows that she cannot do anything about the fact that her company is in financial trouble and that she may get laid off, so she instead talks to her husband about her worries. this her feel better and more able to deal with her work-related stressors. trista is using coping.

Trista is using emotion focused coping. This is one of the strategies that talk therapy employs- by articulating your problems and receiving validation on them, you are able to handle them better, and are forced to think through them more. This is a better method of coping with stress than denial or avoidance.

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.