APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Appraisals of Positive and Negative Awe: The Phenomenology of High-Entropy Psychological States
- Elliott Ihm
University of California, Santa Barbara - Matthijs Baas
University of Amsterdam - Jonathan Schooler
University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract
Awe involves updating one’s mental models to incorporate new, complex information. The affective valence of awe may be positive or negative. This study compares the appraisal structures of positive and negative awe with other emotions. We propose that awe may be understood as a state of high psychological entropy.
Emotion
