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He distinguished five different stimulus evaluation checks:

Stimulus Evaluation Checks

The model of Scherer, (1986):

Scherer and other appraisal theorists of emotion (e.g.,

Roseman et al., 1996; Smith & Ellsworth, 1985) assume that

people check perceived information according to different

criteria. These checks are built in in our system, but normally

remain unconscious.

Scherer called these checking mechanisms “stimulus

evaluation checks”. They are executed in a fixed order.

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• Novelty Check

• Intrinsic Pleasantness Check

• Goal/need Significance Check

• Coping potential Check

• Norm/self Compatibility Check


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• Novelty Check



• Coping Potential Check


Novelty Check:

People check if external or internal

stimulation has changed and if a

new event has happened or has

to be expected.


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• Novelty Check





Intrinsic Pleasantness Check

This is a check whether the stimulus is affectively

positive or negative. An affectively positive stimulus

elicits approach tendencies, whereas an affectively

negative stimulus elicits avoidance tendencies.

Based on inborn feature detectors or learned

associations.


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• Novelty Check





Goal/need Significance Check

Consists of four different subchecks:

The Relevance Subcheck tests whether a stimulus is relevant for a goal or need.

The Expectation Subcheck tests if an outcome fits expectations for this stage of an action sequence.

The Conduciveness Subcheck checks whether a stimulus is conducive or hindering to goal achievement.

The Urgency Subcheck measures to which degree a behavioral response is urgent.


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• Novelty Check





Coping Potential Check

Consists of five different subchecks:

The Causality Subcheck checks the cause of existence of a stimulus.

The Control Subcheck gauges the coping potential that is available to an

organism, specifically the available control of an event and its consequences.

The Power Subcheck measures the energy an organism can mobilize in order

to change or to avoid negative conseqences through fight or flight.

The Adjusting Subcheck gauges to which degree an organism can accept

a new outcome by adaptation.


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• Novelty Check


• Goal/need significance Check



Norm/self compatibility check

Consists of two different subchecks:

The External Standards Subcheck judges whether an event,

especially an action, is in agreement with social norms,

cultural conventions, or expectations of other people.

The Internal Standards Subcheck judges whether an event,

especially an action, is in agreement with internalized norms,

or with standards that are part of one’s self concept or ideal

self.


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Human language has emotion words for states that

may result from such stimulus evaluation checks.

Some emotions may be determined by a single

stimulus evaluation checks

Surprise can be seen as a positive result of the

Novelty Check; joy is a positive result of the intrinsic

Pleasantness Check.


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Anger can be seen as the result of an event that is relevant for our

goals (Relevance Subcheck) and that prevent us from achieving a

goal (Conduciveness Subcheck); the subsequent Coping Potential

Check shows that there are enough resources to remove or to ignore

the obstaclce.

Fear is the result of the same checks of the Relevance and

Conduciveness Subchecks, but the subsequent Coping Potential

Check shows that there are not enough resources to remove or to

ignore the obstaclce.

The quality of most emotions, however, is the result of differentiated and

characteristic features of several stimulus evaluation checks:


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