Ss in 2 studies were asked to report on 32 emotional states. Ss were asked to remember instances of experiencing these states and, for each experience, to fill out a questionnaire on appraisal dimensions and action readiness modes. Appraisal patterns as well as patterns of action readiness show distinct relations to various emotion categories, or names; the contributions of both kinds of components to emotion distinction are in part independent and additive. Multiple correlations, predicting action readiness scores from appraisal scores, demonstrated significant relations between particular modes of action readiness and particular appraisal patterns. The results of these studies are interpreted as providing support for the view that emotions can be regarded both as experiences of forms of appraisal and as states of action readiness. Emotions can profitably be analyzed in terms of sets of components, in which action readiness components take an important share.We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Maison des Sciences de I 'Homme, Paris, in the preparation of this research. We also are grateful to Craig Smith, Pbil Shaver, Nanne van der Poll, Adri van de Wurif, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful criticisms of an earlier version of this article.Elisabeth ter Schure is now at Boston College.

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