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Book SynopsisAppraisal theory has become one of the most active aproaches in the domain of emotion psychology. The appraisal process consists of the subjective evaluation that occurs during the individual''s encounter with significant events in the environment, thus determining the nature of the emotional reaction and experience. The organism''s interpretation of events and situations elicits and differentiates its emotional responses, although the exact processes involved and the limits of the theory are still a matter of debate and are currently the object of active research. This volume is intended to become the primary source of information on appraisal for all those interested in emotion, from beginning graduate students to accomplished researchers in emotion psychology.
Trade Review... excellent collection ... an extremely important contribution to understanding emotions in general and appraisal theory in particular. The book further advances appraisal theory and makes it more accessible to the research community. * American Journal of Psychology *
Table of ContentsContributors Part I: Introduction 1: Ira J. Roseman and Craig A. Smith: Appraisal Theory: Overview, Assumptions, Varieties, Controversies 2: Appraisal: The Evolution of an Idea Part II: Current Appraisal Theories: The State of the Art 3: Richard S. Lazarus: Relational meaning and Discrete Emotions 4: Ira J. Roseman: A Model of Appraisal in the Emotion System: Integrating Theory, Research and Applications 5: Klaus R. Scherer: Appraisal Considered as a Process of Multilevel Sequencial Checking 6: Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby: Toward Delivering on the Promise of Appraisal Theory Part III: Explanding the Paradigm: New and Critical Perspectives 7: Nico H. Frijda and Marcel Zeelenberg: Appraisal: What Is the Dependent? 8: Arvid Kappas: Metaphor is a Metaphor is a Metaphor: Exorcising the Homunculus form Appraisal Theory 9: Putting Appraisal in Context 10: Raner Reisenzein: Appraisal Processes Conceptualized from a Schema-Theoretic Perspective: Contributions to a Process Analysis of Emotions Part IV: Variations in Appraisal: Socio-Cultural and Individual Factors 11: Marc D. Lewis: Personal Pathways in the Development of Appraisal: A Complex Systems/Stage Theory Perspective 12: Antony S. R. Manstead and Agneta H. Fischer: Social Appraisal: The Social World as Object of and Influence on Appraisal Process 13: Batja Mesquita and Phebe C. Ellsworth: The Role of Culture in Appraisal 14: Ira J. Roseman and Susanne Kaiser: Applications of Appraisal Theory to Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating Emotional Pathology Part V: Emotional Response Modalities: Indicators of Appraisal 15: Tom Johnstone et al: Vocal Expression Correlates of Appraisal Processes 16: Susanne Kaiser and Thomas Wehrle: Facial Expressions as Indicators of Appraisal Processes 17: Anna Pecchinenda: The Psychophysiology of Appraisals Part VI: Methods of Research on Appraisal 18: Michael Eid: Advacned Statistical Methods for the Study of Appraisal and Emotional Reaction 19: Angela Schorr: Subjective Measurements in Appraisal Research: Present State and Future Perspectives 20: Thomas Wehrle and Klaus R. Scherer: Toward Computational Modeling of Appraisal Theories Part VII: Perspectives for Theory and Research 21: Klaus S. Scherer: The nature and Study of Appraisal: A Review of the Issues References Subject Index Author Index
