Cognitive emotion theorists assume that the quality of emotions is determined by the
appraisal of the eliciting states of affairs. Accordingly, a central criterion for the evaluation of …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the levels of processing in emotion-antecedent
appraisal. The evaluation or appraisal of an event with respect to its relevance to the …

Four empirical studies of cognitive appraisals in emotion are reported. In studies 1 and 2, a
simplified version of the repertory grid method was used to determine subjectively salient …

Appraisal theories of emotion have two fundamental assumptions:(a) that there are
regularities to be discovered between situations and components of emotional episodes …

Two studies examining dimensions of cognitive appraisals in emotion are reported. In study
1, a simplified version of the repertory grid technique was used to empirically determine …

Usually, people's emotions arise from their perceptions of their circumstances-immediate,
imagined, or remembered. This idea has been implicit in many philosophical treatments of …

A theory specifying how appraisals of a situation determine one's emotional responses
(Roseman, 1979) was subjected to an experimental test. According to the theory, particular …

Placed in a context of appraisal theories of emotion-elicitation and differentiation the present
study pursues three aims:(1) testing theoretical predictions based on the author's Stimulus …

There has long been interest in describing emotional experience in terms of underlying
dimensions, but traditionally only two dimensions, pleasantness and arousal, have been …

Cognitive theories of emotion contend that people's appraisal or interpretation ofevents or
circumstances determines the quality of emotion. This paper reviews theoretical and …