African-American women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than are White women but are more likely to be adversely affected. Although differences in incidence and mortality have been explored in some depth, little attention has been paid to how these women cope with the disease or whether their appraisal of their breast cancer differs from that of White women. Using a comparativ...

In Multi-user Feedback support system or 360 0 Feedback, data on the performance of an individual are collected systematically from a number of stakeholders and are used for improving performance. The 360 0 Feedback approach provides a consistent management philosophy meeting the criterion outlined previously. The 360 0 feedback based appraisal is a comprehensive method where in the feedback ab...

Appraisal processes provide an affective assessment of an agent’s current situation, in light of its needs and goals. This paper describes a computational model of the appraisal process, implemented within the broader context of a cognitive agent architecture. A particular focus here is on modeling the interacting influences of states and traits on perception and cognition, including their effe...