LOVE, HATE, ANGER, AND JEALOUSY IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS - A PROTOTYPE AND COGNITIVE APPRAISAL ANALYSIS

The aim of this research was to make a prototype and cognitive apprais al analysis of 4 emotions within marriage. In Study 1, 160 Ss recalled and wrote about a partner-related love, hate, anger, or jealousy inci dent. Distinct prototypes and appraisal patterns were obtained. In Stu dy 2, 80 Ss wrote accounts of hypothetical love, hate, anger, and jeal ousy events in marriage. The results suggested both recalled and hypot hetical accounts were derived from the same knowledge structures. In S tudy 3, Ss matched emotions to events described with varying amounts o f prototypical and appraisal information, derived from Study 1. Adding such information significantly increased emotion-matching accuracy ov er the event-description-only condition. The results are discussed in relation to prototype and cognitive appraisal theories of emotion in c lose relationships.