Emma and jackson encounter a fox while hiking in the woods. emma is thrilled to see the fox, but jackson is frightened and runs away. which theorist would explain that their different responses are based on differences in their cognitive appraisal of the situation?

The correct answer is Richard Lazarus. Richard Lazarus is known as a psychologist who rise prominence in the 1960s. He stresses his theory in a two way process that is associated with the production of stressors by the environment and as well as the response of the individual that is subjected to the stressor.