Question

According to researchers Arnold Lazarus and Susan Folkman, the assessment of an event to determine whether its implications are positive, negative, or neutral is called

a) psychological review.
b) primary appraisal
c) secondary appraisal.
d) psychological challenge.

Answer 1

Primary appraisal

Explanation:

Primary appraisal is a phenomenon that describes how much the events are significant for a person. The primary could be a threat or it can be an appraisal. The appraisal can be a different type. It can be in the form of perception, cognition, promotion, apprentice.

It is an appraisal through which a person would assign a name or task of an event that occurs with a person. During this process, a person analyses how much the appraisal or event is relevant to him. Internal and external attitude will define the event occurrence with a person. It is a wide area of cognitive appraisal that was proposed by Lazarus and Folk man.