AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Smith and Ellsworth model assumes that emotions are mediated by the appraisal of situations. One strong implication of this mediational assumption is that the situational manipulations should control little of the variance in emotions after the effects of the appraisal dimensions are controlled.

Detailed explanation-2: -A factor analysis identified eight factors: pleasantness, self/other control, certainty, anticipated effort and attention, novelty, human/situation control, motivational state, and coping potentials.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roseman’s theory of appraisal suggests that motive consistency and accountability are the two most important components of the appraisal process (1996). In addition, the different levels of intensity of each component are important and greatly influence the emotions that are experienced due to a particular situation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Appraisal theory of emotion proposes that emotions or emotional components are caused and differentiated by an appraisal of the stimulus as mis/matching with goals and expectations, as easy/difficult to control, and as caused by others, themselves or impersonal circumstances.