Primary and Secondary Appraisal

Primary Appraisal

• Primary appraisal involves evaluating an event based on its perceived importance and the perceived difficulty in dealing with it.

Demanding Situations

• When an event is perceived as highly important and very difficult, it's considered demanding.

Adaptive Response

• Perceiving a demanding situation often leads to an adaptive, functional response.
• This is because both the sympathetic nervous system and cortisol release energy.

Emergency Situations

• Emergency situations exemplify demanding situations that trigger a stress response.