A person's personality can affect the way they perceive an experience. Conversely, different experiences can change the way a person's perceptions take place. This is an example of which concept?

When a man's wife approaches him about the many problems in their marriage, he is puzzled and wonders privately whether his wife's concerns should cause him stress. According to Richard Lazarus, the man is engaged in

a. emotional appraisal. b. primary cognitive appraisal. c. secondary cognitive appraisal. d. denial.

In the "Ames room," one person seems smaller because he is

A) higher up B) placed lower in the room C) farther away D) out of focus