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  • Cognitive Science
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Emotion research heavily relies on self-reported emotion experiences.
  • Understanding the components of laypeople's emotion concepts is crucial for accurate interpretation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relative importance of cognitive evaluations, bodily changes, and action tendencies in defining emotion concepts.
  • To examine how these components influence people's attributions of emotions.

Main Methods:

  • Four studies were conducted, including a preregistered replication.
  • Participants' understanding and use of emotion concepts were measured.
  • The weight of cognitive evaluations, bodily changes, and action tendencies was assessed.

Main Results:

  • Cognitive evaluations significantly impact emotion attributions, more so than bodily changes or action tendencies.
  • Bodily changes and action tendencies are perceived as dependent on cognitive evaluations.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive evaluations play a central role in how individuals conceptualize and report emotions.
  • Findings have implications for emotion theories and the interpretation of emotion reports in research.