ABSTRACT
A cognitive theory of emotion (in this case discrepancy/evaluation theory) is concerned with the representations and processes that construct emotional experience. Its main focus must be on problems of representation, on the way emotion-relevant information is processed, and on the way unified emotional conscious contents are constructed. The intent of this chapter is to amplify an approach to emotional experience that has been in the process of development for over 25 years—and still is (Mandler, 1962, 1964, 1975, 1980, 1984).
