![]() ![]() As discussed in Scherer (1997), participants did report the same cognitive appraisals across countries when they recalled a time they felt joy. This view would suggest that the same emotional experience causes us to experience the same cognitive appraisals. Maybe we determine our friend gossiped about us and make the appraisal of external causation and goal obstruction.Īre appraisals universal or socially constructed?Īs discussed in the past chapter, basic emotions researchers believe cognitive appraisals are universal. Alternatively, we might feel angry and not know why – so we look for a reason. For example, we might hear a gunshot and experience fear, which is then followed by cognitive appraisals of unexpectedness and ability to cope. From this view, cognitive appraisals occur after the felt emotion (after physiological and behavior changes). The second view is that emotions cause appraisal. If we conclude that someone is blocking out goal, then we would experience anger. For instance, if we interpret an eliciting event as unexpected – then we might experience fear. Thus, different interpretations of the same eliciting event could cause people to experience different emotions. This view suggests that the way we interpret the eliciting event determines our emotions. The first view is that cognitive appraisals cause the emotion. ![]() Two Views of Cognitive Appraisal Theory Currently, two views describe the connection between cognitive appraisals and emotions. ![]()
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