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Having judged a breast lump as a possible threat, a woman then weighs the treatment options open to her and how well each would work. This weighing is:
Aprimary appraisal, because a threat has already been detected
Bproblem-focused coping applied before any threat is detected
Csecondary appraisal of the options and their likely value
Dreappraisal, because the objective level of threat has changed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. secondary appraisal of the options and their likely value
1. Perceiving a threat triggers a secondary appraisal.
2. Secondary appraisal is the judgment of the options available to cope with a stressor and of how effective those options will be.
3. The woman has already judged the lump a threat, so the harm judgment is complete and only the options remain to be weighed.
4. Primary appraisal was the earlier step, so it cannot describe this one.
5. Reappraisal changes how a stressor is construed without changing its objective threat, and nothing here has been reconstrued.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 14 "Stress, Lifestyle, and Health", section 14.1 What Is Stress?_
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