According to Module 21, why might two people who are in the same situation have different levels of stress?

A. one is experiencing sympathetic activation and the other is experiencing flight-fight response
B. one experiences the fight-flight response, the other has an increase in sympathetic activity
C. one engages in primary appraisal, the other does not
D. differences in the kind of primary appraisal


Answer: D

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