Principlev1PR-1665
Examine cognitive appraisals within emotional compounds…
Examine cognitive appraisals within emotional compounds separately from physiological components because appraisals are revisable while basic emotional responses are not.
Why This Is a Principle
Follows from Between every event and every emotional response… (appraisal mediates emotional response), Piagetian Equilibration Through Schema Dynamics (schema accommodation when assimilation fails), and Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas guide processing). This principle states what to do: separate and examine the interpretive layer because it's more modifiable than the physiological layer.