ABSTRACT
This chapter reiterates the argument that the components of the emotion process always involve: event, interpretation, appraisal, action potential, physiological change and conscious awareness. It describes an architecture involving analogical, propositional and schematic model representational formats. The chapter outlines various components of the emotion process might operate within the framework. It also outlines the Schematic Propositional Analogical and Associative Representation Systems (SPAARS) model of emotion, with its four basic levels/formats of representation: analogical, propositional, schematic model and associative. The chapter focuses on the basic emotions of sadness, happiness, anger, fear and disgust. A worrying truth about the psychology of emotion literature is that the majority of theories of normal, everyday emotions make little or no reference to emotional disorder. The chapter presents a debate between proponents of analogical and propositional mental representations.
