Assertion: Cognitive appraisal plays a negative role in determining the individual's stress response.
Reasoning: The way individuals perceive and interpret a stressful event influences their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is option 4: Assertion is false, but the Reasoning is true.
Assertion: Cognitive appraisal plays a negative role in determining the individual's stress response. This is false. Cognitive appraisal doesn't always play a negative role. In fact, it plays a central and neutral role — it can lead to either positive or negative stress responses depending on how the person interprets the situation.
Reasoning: The way individuals perceive and interpret a stressful event influences their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions. This is correct. This is exactly what cognitive appraisal theory by Lazarus explains. How we appraise (evaluate) a situation determines our emotional and physiological response.