According to Lazarus and Folkman (1984), when faced with an event that may prove threatening, how we will experience the stress and what coping strategies we will use is determined by our subjective appraisal of the situation. The researchers were referring to the ________.

A. generalized tendency to expect positive outcomes
B. expectation that our behaviors can produce satisfying outcomes
C. thoughts, feelings, and behaviors we will employ to try to reduce the stress
D. cognitive and behavioral efforts to reduce stress by overcoming the source of the problem

C. thoughts, feelings, and behaviors we will employ to try to reduce the stress