When faced with a stressor, which of the following involves determining if the stressor is a challenge or a threat?
a. Primary appraisal
b. General adaptation
c. Secondary appraisal
d. Fight-or-flight response
a. Primary appraisal
Primary appraisal, involves determining if the stressor is a challenge or a threat.
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a. ?Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson b. ?John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner c. ?William James and Wilhelm Wundt d. ?Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
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