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Component process model
Klaus Scherer's appraisal theory, in which emotion is a dynamic process: a sequence of appraisal checks drives coordinated changes in motivation, physiology and expression, and feeling and verbal labelling follow as further components. The model predicts that the pattern of appraisal outcomes shapes which emotion unfolds. Support for the proposed sequence comes largely from the model's proponents. Appraisal theories hold that emotions follow from evaluations of what events mean for a person. This essay covers Lazarus, Scherer's component process model, the evidence and its limits, and why appraisal is the mechanism reappraisal targets. The works the definition rests on, with the level of evidence each was appraised at. (2009). The dynamic architecture of emotion: Evidence for the component process model. doi:10.1080/02699930902928969 Supports the claim that the component process model treats emotion as a dynamic process driven by a sequence of appraisal checks and the synchronisation of response components. The evidence is reviewed by the model's author and is not a systematic synthesis. (2019). The emotion process: Event appraisal and component differentiation. doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011854 Supports the claim that the componential view describes a process from appraisal through action tendencies, physiology and expression to feeling and verbal categorisation. Narrative review by proponents of the view.Where the site uses it
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