What were your appraisal and coping responses, according to Folkman and Lazarus’s model? Define primary vs. secondary appraisal, and describe how your understanding of and response to the stressor changed over the course of appraisal.

A severe stressor

Think of a time when you were faced with a severe stressor.

1. What were your appraisal and coping responses, according to Folkman and Lazarus’s model? Define primary vs. secondary appraisal, and describe how your understanding of and response to the stressor changed over the course of appraisal.

2. How did you engage in emotion regulation? That is, what did you do to maintain an optimal level of emotion, so that it did not overwhelm you?

3. Thinking developmentally here. What would your response have been if you had operated at – pick one – either a lower or a higher level of emotional development?