Which term is a measure of anxiety resulting from appraisal that leads to fear-induced stress?

• A. Survival Stress
• B. Strobing
• C. Swelling
• D. Supine position

Answer: (A)

Understanding how anxiety arises from threat appraisal involves recognizing that when a situation is appraised as dangerous, fear kicks in and prepares the body for action. This fear-induced stress is aimed at survival, so the term survival stress appropriately captures the anxiety produced by evaluating a threat and the resulting protective response. The other options don’t fit this idea: strobing isn’t about emotional appraisal, swelling is a physiological change unrelated to threat appraisal, and supine position is simply a body posture. Therefore, survival stress best describes the measure of anxiety stemming from threat appraisal that leads to fear-driven stress.