Appraisal theories of emotion: State of the art and future development

Sources

• Moors, A., Ellsworth, P. C., Scherer, K. R., & Frijda, N. H. (2013). Appraisal theories of emotion: State of the art and future development. doi:10.1177/1754073912468165

  Level D Review

  Supports the claims that appraisal theories share the premise that emotions reflect evaluations of events' significance for well-being, that the family includes several variants, and that critical objections remain. An overview, not a test.

• Lazarus, R. S. (1991). Progress on a cognitive-motivational-relational theory of emotion. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.46.8.819

  Level D Theory

  Supports the claim that Lazarus proposed a cognitive-motivational-relational theory in which appraisal patterns and core relational themes explain specific emotions such as anger, anxiety, sadness and pride. Theory illustrated with examples, not a test.

• Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping.

  Level E Book

  Supports historical claims about the transactional model of stress, with its distinction between primary and secondary appraisal and between problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. No abstract is available; the book is cited only for these widely documented concepts.

Sources

• Moors, A., Ellsworth, P. C., Scherer, K. R., & Frijda, N. H. (2013). Appraisal theories of emotion: State of the art and future development. doi:10.1177/1754073912468165

  Level D Review

  Supports the claims that appraisal theories share the premise that emotions reflect evaluations of events' significance for well-being, that the family includes several variants, and that critical objections remain. An overview, not a test.

• Russell, J. A. (2003). Core affect and the psychological construction of emotion. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.110.1.145

  Level D Theory

  Supports the claim that core affect was proposed as a basic pleasant-unpleasant and activated-deactivated state that becomes an emotional episode when attributed to a cause. A theoretical framework.

• Barrett, L. F. (2016). The theory of constructed emotion: An active inference account of interoception and categorization. doi:10.1093/scan/nsw154

  Level D Theory

  Supports the claim that the theory of constructed emotion proposes a computational, predictive account in which emotions are constructed through interoception and categorisation rather than triggered as fixed programmes. A theoretical proposal whose central predictions are still being tested.