Steve is working on the next iPhone for Apple. He is putting in crazy hours at the office and he's held responsible for the success of the project. On his way to work, Steve learns of layoffs in the iPhone project team. Steve is stressed and begins planning coping strategies to deal with this stress. Steve's planning of coping strategies is BEST categorized as a$($n$)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Question $30$ options:

tertiary appraisal.

avoidance$-$avoidance conflict.

secondary appraisal.

primary appraisal.