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| Mrs. Sharma, a teacher in a local school sensed smoke coming into her classroom. She was startled and realised that something was wrong and immediately opened the windows and doors. She grabbed the fire extinguisher and guided her students to safety as per the evacuation plan. |
According to the Cognitive Appraisal Model, what made Mrs. Sharma realise that something was wrong in the situation?
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Solution
Mrs. Shrama made a secondary appraisal when she saw this event as stressful on the basis of primary appraisal.
The secondary appraisal is the assessment of one's coping abilities and resources available to meet the harm, threat and challenge of the event. These resources may be mental, physical, personal or social.
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