Eric was recently fired from his job. His response to this stressful event was to take charge of the situation and research available jobs in his field. Then he applied to each of the open positions for which he was qualified, in order to reduce the impact of the situation. This active type of coping is known as:

behavioral control                

Explanation:

Behavioral control: In psychology, the term "behavioral control" is described as a fact that tends to show whether it is right to control or direct the way worker does the work in the workplace. In other words, it is referred to as the exercise of authority and influence over human behavior, for example, an individual's "undesirable behavior" can be re-directed via psychological manipulation in terms of threats and promises.

In the question above, the given statement represents behavioral control.