figure 10.8 Anticipatory appraisals When people watched a filmed surgical procedure without prior instructions (No Appraisal condition), they became emotionally aroused when the filmed operation started and remained aroused during the course of the film. But when, in a different experimental condition, people watched the same film after first receiving instructions that altered the way they thought about the depicted events (Appraisal Instructions), the participants were relatively calm, as indicated by their lower level of physiological arousal.