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

question 63

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

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Definitions:

Prescriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behavior is expected or appropriate within a community or society.

Proscriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behaviors are forbidden or discouraged within a society or group.

Ethnomethodology

A sociological approach that studies the way people make sense of their everyday world, emphasizing the methods and practices individuals use to constitute their social realities.

Rational Choice Theory

A framework for understanding and modeling social and economic behavior based on the assumption that individuals act rationally, making decisions to maximize their personal benefit.