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 …

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 …

This study investigated the automaticity of the influence of social inference on emotion
recognition. Participants were asked to recognize dynamic facial expressions of emotion …

It is not our purpose in this chapter to take issue with appraisal theory. The fact that appraisal
theory has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the emotion process is …

Appraisal theorists suggest that the face expresses cognitive processes involved both in the
orienting of attention (primarily gaze direction) and in the evaluation of emotion-eliciting …

Several theories of emotion propose that emotional responses are largely determined by the
way events are appraised. To determine whether the proposed dimensions of appraisal are …

Studies indicate that people with social anxiety show changes in perception of facial
emotion. Here we investigated the recognition of static and dynamic facial expressions in 2 …

The appraisal process consists of the subjective evaluation that occurs during an individual's
encounter with significant events in the environment, determining the nature of the emotional …

Publisher Summary Recognition of emotion may be intuitive and immediate; this does not
preclude the intervention of much knowledge and experience. It may consist of …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 108 (3) of Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2015-09924-005). Various corrections are …