Dawnelle is sitting in class, when her professor makes the following announcement: "Any student who earned less than a 70% on the last exam is required to make an appointment to see me so that we can discuss your study habits and find ways to help you improve." She thinks to herself, "I got an 84% on that exam, so I don't have to go to his office if I don't want to." Dawnelle has made a(n) _______ appraisal of the situation, since she is deciding whether it is or is not relevant to her own circumstance.

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Answer:

The answer is primary appraisal.

Explanation:

A primary appraisal considers whether the situation implies positive or negative consequences, to an individual level. It differs from seconday appraisals, which considers the way we can cope with the situation.

These concepts are both part of the appraisal theory, which seeks to undertand how we react under different circumstances.