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The changes in our body directly follow the perception of an exciting event, and feeling these same changes as they occur is an emotion (William James, 1884). On the other hand, the emergence of emotion is influenced by situational assessments of the significance of events for the experiencer’s personal well-being. According to Lazarus, the first condition for the emotional state to be aroused is that the experiencer evaluates the situation or event as relevant to his or her personally relevant goals.

In addition, all cultures have rules about what feeling can be shown in public in any given situation. These culturally varied rules are called rules of expression. In addition, all cultures have rules about what should or should not be felt in certain roles, situations, or stages of life (emotional rules).