What Is Resilience: The Science of Bouncing Back from Adversity
What is resilience: Werner's Kauai study, Bonanno's four trajectories, post-traumatic growth, neurobiology, social support, and whether resilience can be trained.
February 2024
December 2023
Cognitive Appraisal Theory: How the Mind Decides What Emotions to Feel
Cognitive Appraisal Theory explains that emotions are not caused directly by events but by how we evaluate them. Explore Lazarus and Folkman's stress and coping framework, Smith and Ellsworth's appraisal dimensions, and the foundational debate between Lazarus and Zajonc about whether cognition precedes emotion.