The notion of social appraisal emphasizes the importance of a social dimension in appraisal
theories of emotion by proposing that the way an individual appraises an event is influenced …

A major problem in the field of emotion has been the wide variety of definitions that have
been proposed. In an attempt to resolve the resulting terminological confusion, 92 definitions …

During the past century, neuroscientists and psychologists have viewed emotion through
different lenses. According to many contemporary psychologists our emotions are a product …

The main purpose of this chapter is to portray the evolution of the author's own approach to
appraisal in respect first to psychological stress and then to the emotions. The author first …

Izard (2010) did not seek a descriptive definition of emotion—one that describes the concept
as it is used by ordinary folk. Instead, he surveyed scientists' prescriptive definitions—ones …

There is a growing consensus within the appraisal community that there are multiple levels
of processing that contribute to emotional experience, and a number of multiprocess …

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 …

Until recently. emotions attracted little attention from decision researclters. Decision making
was viewed as a cognitive process——a matter of estimating which of various alternative …

Emotion research has become a mature branch of psychology, with its own standardized
measures, induction procedures, data-analysis challenges, and sub-disciplines. During the …

The term “ability traits” is generally associated with British psychologist, Raymond Cattell,
who distinguished ability traits from dynamic traits (motivations) and temperament traits …