PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THEORY OF EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is NOT an appraisal dimension suggested by Smith & Ellsworth (1985)?
A
Certainty
B
Control
C
Assertiveness
D
Responsibility
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Four appraisals, which are implicit in adaptive comfort theory and explicit in appraisal theory, may be useful to our aim. These are goal conduciveness, causality for the situation, perceived control, and expectation (Smith and Ellsworth, 1985; Roseman, 1996; Scherer, 2001).

Detailed explanation-2: -The wholesome picture of emotions includes a combination of cognition, bodily experience, limbic/pre-conscious experience, and even action. Let’s take a closer look at these four parts of emotion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of appraisal dimensions include the goal relevance of an event, its stimulus novelty, its judged pleasantness or unpleasantness, and a judgment of one’s coping potential in relation to this event. Different appraisal theories emphasize different appraisal dimensions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, we can conclude that Sensory is not an element of emotion, rather it refers to the use of senses to understand the physical world.

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