Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice Export

@article{citeulike:3056681, abstract = {Most theories of affective influences on judgement and choice take a valence-based approach, contrasting the effects of positive versus negative feeling states. These approaches have not specified if and when distinct emotions of the same valence have different effects on judgement. In this article, we propose a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice. We posit that each emotion is defined by a tendency to perceive new events and objects in ways that are consistent with the original cognitive-appraisal dimensions of the emotion. To pit the valence and appraisal-tendency approaches against one another, we present a study that addresses whether two emotions of the same valence but differing appraisals - anger and fear - relate in different ways to risk perception. Consistent with the appraisal-tendency hypothesis, fearful people made pessimistic judgements of future events whereas angry people made optimistic judgements. In the Discussion we expand the proposed model and review evidence supporting two social moderators of appraisal-tendency processes.}, author = {Lerner, Jennifer S. and Keltner, Dacher}, citeulike-article-id = {3056681}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026999300402763}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=fr&lr=&cluster=9687853620834235956}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://content.ksg.harvard.edu/lernerlab/pdfs/Lerner_Keltner_2000_CE_Paper.pdf}, doi = {10.1080/026999300402763}, journal = {Cognition \& Emotion}, keywords = {appraisal, decision-making, emotion-theory, optimism}, number = {4}, pages = {473--493}, posted-at = {2008-11-19 22:29:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Psychology Press}, title = {Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026999300402763}, volume = {14}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3056681 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3056681 N2 - Most theories of affective influences on judgement and choice take a valence-based approach, contrasting the effects of positive versus negative feeling states. These approaches have not specified if and when distinct emotions of the same valence have different effects on judgement. In this article, we propose a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice. We posit that each emotion is defined by a tendency to perceive new events and objects in ways that are consistent with the original cognitive-appraisal dimensions of the emotion. To pit the valence and appraisal-tendency approaches against one another, we present a study that addresses whether two emotions of the same valence but differing appraisals - anger and fear - relate in different ways to risk perception. Consistent with the appraisal-tendency hypothesis, fearful people made pessimistic judgements of future events whereas angry people made optimistic judgements. In the Discussion we expand the proposed model and review evidence supporting two social moderators of appraisal-tendency processes. IS - 4 JF - Cognition & Emotion EP - 493 TI - Beyond valence: Toward a model of emotion-specific influences on judgement and choice PB - Psychology Press VL - 14 SP - 473 KW - appraisal KW - decision-making KW - emotion-theory KW - optimism AU - Lerner, Jennifer AU - Keltner, Dacher PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/026999300402763 ER -