“…Motivational or goal relevance approaches distinguish between pregoal and postgoal emotions and provide insight into the specific types of information likely to be remembered in different emotional states (e.g., Harmon-Jones, Price, & Gable, 2012;Kaplan, Van Damme, & Levine, 2012;Levine & Edelstein, 2009;Levine & Pizarro, 2004;Montagrin, Brosch, & Sander, 2013). According to appraisal theories (e.g., Ellsworth & Doughterty, 2016;Scherer, 1999), emotions are inherently tied to changes in the status of people's goals. People experience emotions when they perceive that goal attainment or failure is imminent or has occurred, making it necessary for them to modify their beliefs, plans, or goals.…”