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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. |
Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, and the Reasoning is the correct explanation of the Assertion. Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, but the Reasoning is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. Assertion is true, but the Reasoning is false. Assertion is false, but the Reasoning is true. |
Assertion is false, but the Reasoning is true. |
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. |
