Cognitive Appraisal Theory, developed by psychologists Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman, posits that our emotional responses are shaped by our personal interpretations of events, rather than the ...

“There is nothing as practical as a good theory” was Kurt Lewin’s (1943) way of asserting the value of theory in guiding research that addresses broad social problems. But psychological theory also ...

The two-factor theory (aka Schacher and Singer theory) of emotion focuses on the interaction between physical arousal and how ...