According to Lazarus, What Must Be Present for an Event

question 40

Multiple Choice

According to Lazarus, what must be present for an event to be stressful?

• A)Primary and secondary appraisal.
• B)Primary appraisal.
• C)Fight-or-flight response.
• D)Secondary appraisal.

---

Definitions:

Observers

Individuals who watch or take notice of events or behaviors, often for the purpose of recording information or making judgments.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to attribute others' actions to their character or personality while underestimating situational influences.

Defensive Attribution

A cognitive bias that leads individuals to attribute more blame to victims of misfortune than is warranted, often to believe that such events would not happen to themselves.

Illusory Correlation

The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship exists, often a result of cognitive biases.