What is Appraisal

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Appraisal refers to the cognitive evaluation antecedent to an emotional episode. Appraisal theoretical models are characterized and differentiated by the appraisal dimensions included. Learn more in: Addressing Emotions within E-Learning Systems

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The cognitive evaluation of an event/object, automatic or controlled. Learn more in: Automated Recognition of Emotion Appraisals

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In the OCC (Ortony et al. 1988) and Frijda (1993) models of emotion, appraisal matches the experience of an agent against its goals, standards, preferences and other concerns. The results of this matching give emotional events their positive or negative feeling or weight, called affect, and can also place this affective response in context. Learn more in: Emotional Memory and Adaptive Personalities

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“The cognitive evaluation of a particular situation or event” (Lazarus, 1966). The appraisal is realized in two steps labeled primary and secondary appraisals. Learn more in: Coping with Information Technology

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A process combining functional, work process, risk, and historical analysises to determine recordkeeping requirements and values. Learn more in: Through the Looking Glass: The AAC Maturity Model on Records Management for Open Government

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The general term referring to the act of examining someone or something in order to judge their abilities, achievements, or needs. Learn more in: Self- and Peer-Assessments in the Iranian Context: A Systematic Review

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The practice and process of assessing values in records to determine what can be preserved as archives and destroyed because they are no longer useful. Learn more in: Theories of Appraisal in Archives: From Hillary Jenkinson to Terry Cook's Times

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The application of a certain set of methodologies and/or values to a body of content to derive and define the value of the content. The content may be in any medium or format. Learn more in: Information Governance Maturity Model: Should Retention Be Rethought?