Appraisal theories of emotion hold that it is the way a person interprets a situation--rather
than the situation itself--that gives rise to one emotion rather than another emotion (or no …

The scientific study of emotion has long been dominated by theories emphasizing the
subjective experience of emotions and their accompanying expressive and physiological …

In order to move toward a more accurate, complete, and integrative theory of the causes of
emotions, empirical evidence relevant to a recently proposed appraisal theory was …

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

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 …

Abstract according to an increasingly influential approach to the study of emotion, known as
appraisal theory, emotions are inherently relational, or interactional/thus emotions are seen …

The idea that appraisal plays a role in emo-tion can be traced back to Aristotle, Des-cartes,
Spinoza, and Hume, who considered it self-evident that the states variously called passions …

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 …

Recent research has indicated strong relations between people's appraisals of their
circumstances and their emotional states. The present study examined these relations …

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 …