Lazarus's coping paradigm suggests that it is the appraisal of a stressor as potentially harmful ...

Lazarus's coping paradigm suggests that it is the appraisal of a stressor as potentially harmful that begins the avoidance cascade.
 
  Thomason further characterized adaptations to management of chemotherapy symptomatology as mere reflections of a primary appraisal of potential harm, providing a set point for intensity of reactions. We used these conceptual connections to formulate testable assumptions for this study. Where in the research report would this quotation be located?
  a. Introduction
  b. Methods
  c. Results
  d. Discussion