One person, alone in a house, dismisses its creaking sounds and experiences no stress; someone else suspects an intruder and becomes alarmed. These different reactions illustrate the importance of

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The different reactions illustrate the importance of stress appraisal, or the subjective evaluation of a situation, which can greatly impact an individual's level of stress and response to it. In this case, the two individuals have different appraisals of the creaking sounds in the house, leading to different levels of stress. The other options (A) faith factor, (C) biofeedback, and (D) general adaptation syndrome, are not directly related to this scenario.

One Person, Alone in a House, Dismisses Its Creaking Sounds