I. THE IMPORTANCE OF ANGER FOR STUDIES OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING

This paper reviews the impact of anger on judgment and decision making. Section I proposes that anger merits special attention in the study of judgment and decision mak-ing because the effects of anger often diverge from those of other negative emotions. Section II presents an Appraisal-Tendency Framework for predicting and organizing such effects. Section III reviews empirical evidence for the uniqueness of anger’s rela-tions to judgment and decision making. Section IV connects the Appraisal-Tendency Framework to associated mechanisms and theories. Drawing on the evidence, Section V presents the question of whether anger should be considered a positive emotion. It also proposes the hypothesis that anger will be experienced as relatively unpleasant and unrewarding when reflecting back on the source of one’s anger but experienced as rela-tively pleasant and rewarding when looking forward. Section VI synthesizes the evi-dence into a new portrait of the angry decision maker. Copyright # 2006 Joh