<p>We make automatic "appraisals" in more or less every waking moment.  We are constantly predicting the potential allostatic consequences of external input and behaving accordingly (e.g., <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0069" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>). Importantly, most appraisals are non-conscious and aren't at all specific to emotions.</p>

<p>Moreover, the automaticity of your appraisals relies on the extent and precision of your prior experience (see <a href="http://000ev39.myregisteredwp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3661/2016/10/Whatever-next_-Predictive-brains-situated-agents-and-the-future-of-cognitive-science.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>).  If you are used to seeing snakes attack humans, then your appraisal about the danger of snakes will likely be quite fast. </p>

<p>Thus, there are virtually infinite examples of an automatic appraisal.  Automaticity depends on your prior experience and the precision of incoming sensory input.</p>

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<p>I was reading this slide provided by my prof. of Affective Neuroscience.
I've read that appraisal is considered a constitutive component of emotion by most of the actual theories.
Appraisal is defined as the cognitive act to evaluate the potential impact that an external stimulus may have on me.</p>

<p><strong>Can you provide an example of automatic appraisal?</strong></p>

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You are walking on a forest path, and you suddenly see a snake moving accross the path. This will activate unconsiously and automatically a thread response.
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And that response is the automatic appraisal? Couldn't it be a reflex? @DesignerAnalyst
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Maybe you are right, it is not a very clear example. Other neural pathways are also activated.
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Can you give an example of automatic appraisal process?
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# Can you give an example of automatic appraisal process?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-25)

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I was reading this slide provided by my prof. of Affective Neuroscience.
I've read that appraisal is considered a constitutive component of emotion by most of the actual theories.
Appraisal is defined as the cognitive act to evaluate the potential impact that an external stimulus may have on me.

**Can you provide an example of automatic appraisal?**

**Tags:** social-psychology, neuroscience, cognitive-neuroscience, emotion

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You are walking on a forest path, and you suddenly see a snake moving accross the path. This will activate unconsiously and automatically a thread response.  
> **username_0**: And that response is the automatic appraisal? Couldn't it be a reflex? @username_1  
> **username_1**: Maybe you are right, it is not a very clear example. Other neural pathways are also activated.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-02-01. Score: 2

We make automatic "appraisals" in more or less every waking moment. We are constantly predicting the potential allostatic consequences of external input and behaving accordingly (e.g., [here](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0069)). Importantly, most appraisals are non-conscious and aren't at all specific to emotions.

Moreover, the automaticity of your appraisals relies on the extent and precision of your prior experience (see [here](http://000ev39.myregisteredwp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3661/2016/10/Whatever-next_-Predictive-brains-situated-agents-and-the-future-of-cognitive-science.pdf)). If you are used to seeing snakes attack humans, then your appraisal about the danger of snakes will likely be quite fast.

Thus, there are virtually infinite examples of an automatic appraisal. Automaticity depends on your prior experience and the precision of incoming sensory input.


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