Appraisal theory of emotions
The emotion process is...
- a stimulus event driven concern satisfaction system
- stimulus event driven: not goal-directed
- concerns:
- “more basic” notion than e.g.drives
- short- to long-term dispositions to desire the (non-)occurrence of a situation/state
- remain silent as long as conditions conform to standards within “reasonable bounds”
- unfulfilled concerns may exist without one being aware of them until events/thoughts make them become known as “desires”