Tonya is a new researcher in a marketing company. She, like the others, is vigilant about the e-mails that she receives from the CEO. Any time she sees a new e-mail from the CEO in her inbox, she dreads opening the e-mail. This week, she opened an email and found that she was addressed in the email about an analysis that she had completed incorrectly; Tonya had no idea how to do the analysis but
had hurried to submit something without checking. Tonya's direct supervisor was copied on the e-mail. In this case, Tonya MOST LIKELY made which of the following conclusions?
A) ?Primary appraisal: "This matter is relevant but not threatening."
B) ?Primary appraisal: "This matter is stressful."
C) ?Secondary appraisal: "I can handle this stress."
D) ?Secondary appraisal: "This matter is irrelevant."
B
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c. "If someone successfully pleads NGRI, he or she will spend more time in jail than in a mental hospital.". d. "Mentally ill people are carrying too much legal burden from their conditions.".
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a. avoid them. b. do some reality testing. c. try to provoke a behavioral reaction. d. wait it out.