Imagine that you have just flunked a class. You evaluate this situation and decide that flunking a class is stressful and important enough to be upset about. Next, you decide to repeat the class in summer school. You have made ________.

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The individual has made both a primary appraisal by evaluating the situation as stressful and important enough to be upset about and a secondary appraisal by deciding to take action to repeat the class in summer school. This reflects a two-stage appraisal process, which is characteristic of Lazarus and Folkman's cognitive transactional model of stress. Choices A, C, and D are not accurate descriptions of the individual's appraisal process in this situation.

Imagine That You Have Just Flunked a Class