Tabitha just had a conversation with her boss in which he told her that there would be some future layoffs due to budget cuts. Tabitha feels an increase in stress due to the conversation with her boss. She would be best described as experiencing:
A) primary appraisal.
B) secondary appraisal.
C) reappraisal.
D) post-appraisal.

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Primary appraisal is the initial evaluation process where the individual assesses the significance of an event as stressful, positive, controllable, challenging, or irrelevant. In this scenario, Tabitha is assessing the significance of her boss's announcement about layoffs as a stressor, which is why it's considered primary appraisal.

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