Dawnelle is clocking in at work, when she hears her manager make the following announcement to the staff: "Any individual who has been late to work at least three times in the last month is required to make an appointment to see me so that we can discuss your punctuality and find ways to help you improve." She thinks to herself, "I haven't been late, so I don't have to go to his office if I don't want to." Dawnelle has made a(n) _______ appraisal of the situation, since she is deciding whether it is or is not relevant to her own circumstance.

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Dawnelle is making a primary appraisal, which involves determining whether an event is relevant to oneself or not. This is because she is assessing the relevance of her manager's announcement to her own circumstance of being on time to work.

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