Re: [Heartlogic-dev] Re: roseman article on appraisals cause emotion

[Joshua N Pritikin]

On Sat, 2005-05-21 at 09:34 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 17:44 -0500, William L. Jarrold wrote:
> > you seemed to like that one article.  i now send you this one.
> > i have not yet read it.  it should make us feel hopeful
> > bc now someone has made a step towards showing that cognitive appraisal is 
> > not just some theoretical mumbo jumbo.  rather, it *can*
> > *cause* emotion.
> 
> I read about half of it.  It is fun to hear them describe their
> experimental method.  I find it quite creative.
> 
> One point I want to discuss:
> 
> "Simulation studies leave doubt about whether the cognitions manipulated
> in read or imagined scenarios would case people who are actually in
> those situations to feel the specified emotions."  I believe you mention
> roughly the same point in section 2.4.6 of your dissertation.
> 
> In the case of human emotions (vs emotions which could be experienced by
> other primates), the ability to take perspective would function more as
> a way of screening experimental subjects than as an additional source of
> error.  Do you follow me?

On second thought, I'm probably confusing perspective and metacognition.
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