According to Lazarus, Our First Task When Faced with a Potential

question 244

Multiple Choice

According to Lazarus, our first task when faced with a potential stressor is to estimate its severity and to determine whether it is a challenge or threat. This evaluation is referred to as a __________.

• A) primary appraisal
• B) secondary appraisal
• C) stress-related decision
• D) hassle-related decision

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Definitions:

Token Passing

"A technique in which tokens are circulated among nodes in a communication network."

Media Access Method

A protocol that determines how multiple devices on a network share access to the physical media of that network.

One Bit

The smallest unit of data in computing, representing a 0 or 1, used in digital communications and processing.