The _____ states that a cognitive appraisal is the first step in an emotional response and that all other aspects of an emotion, including physiological arousal, depend on it.
The Lazarus Theory of Emotion states that a cognitive appraisal is the first step in an emotional response and that all other aspects of an emotion, including physiological arousal, depend on it. It is made by a psychologist named Richard Lazarus. It states that a thought must come prior to any physiological arousal or emotion. It means that you must think first about the condition prior having an emotion.