If stress is considered subjective, then an event is stressful based on your interpretation of both the event and your resources. This assignment gives you the opportunity to evaluate a situation in two ways. You will begin with your primary appraisal (your immediate reaction) and will follow that with your secondary appraisal—your more reasoned evaluation of the event. You may choose to use the assignment from week one and continue to expand on your thoughts related to sources of stress in your life.

Once you are thoroughly familiar with the concept of primary and secondary appraisal, develop a four-column table:

Column 1: List an actual or hypothetical potentially stressful situation. You many reuse the examples from your first assignment.
Column 2: Describe the primary appraisal process as described by Lazarus and Folkman in 1987
Column 3: Describe the secondary appraisal process as described by Lazarus and Folkman in 1987
Column 4: Indicate the outcome.

Each scenario will be repeated, once for the primary appraisal and once for the secondary appraisal.

Situation

Primary Appraisal

Secondary Appraisal

Outcome

I was driving to work and the car in the slower lane pulled in front of me forcing me to break to avoid a collision.

I’m furious. He did that on purpose. He saw me and cut in front of me and then smiled. People like that have no respect for anyone else. I am just so tired of people taking advantage of me

I accelerated and cut in front of him and braked and manually signaled my displeasure.

It’s possible he didn’t see me, and the smile had nothing to do with me. It looks like he’s in a rush and just not a careful driver. In any case, I am not in that much of a rush.

There are lots of poor drivers on the road. I really cannot change that. I’ll just continue to drive safely and ignore them.

Length: 8 separate scenarios. 16 lines in all.

Your work should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards.