Principlev1
Examine cognitive appraisals within emotional compounds
Examine cognitive appraisals within emotional compounds separately from physiological components because appraisals are revisable while basic emotional responses are not.
Why This Is a Principle
Follows from Between every event and every emotional response is a (appraisal mediates emotional response), Piagetian Equilibration Through Schema Dynamics (schema accommodation when assimilation fails), and Schemas as Knowledge Organization Structures (schemas guide processing). This principle states what to do: separate and examine the interpretive layer because it's more modifiable than the physiological layer.