Appraisal predicts emotional responses related to taking an exam

What is it about?

This article examined the degree to which appraisals associated with getting ready to taking an exam, and then learning of one's grade on the exam, predict one's emotional response in accord with appraisal theory. At both time-points appraisals were reliably associated with the experience of different emotions, as predicted by theory.

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Why is it important?

This article is one of the first to examine the links between appraisal and emotion during an ongoing lived emotional experience, instead of looking at either remembered or hypothetical experiences.

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