| Reappraisal_Evl (U0, U1, breadth) |
| (1) #U0: utility before the stressful event happened |
| (2) #U1: utility after the stressful event and before reappraisal |
| (3) #breadth: number of goals to be considered when evaluating an event |
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(4) |
| (5) #recovertime: the number of attempts needed before utility recovered |
| (6) #worse: the number of times the agent feels worse than before the stressful event |
| (7) recovertimes = [ ]; #an array of results over multiple tests |
| (8) worses = [ ]; #an array of results over multiple tests |
| (9) for in range (100): #test for 100 times |
| (10) found = false; |
| (11) worse = 0; |
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(12) |
| (13) #reinitialize the agent’s state to right after the stressful event |
| (14) reinit (); |
| (15) for in range (100): #allow the agent to maximally reevaluate the event 100 times |
| (16) if found: |
| (17) recovertime = recovertime + [i]; |
| (18) break; |
| (19) else: |
| (20) Uti = reappraisal (breadth); |
| (21) #in case reappraisal recovered original utility |
| (22) if Uti ≥ U0: |
| (23) found = true; |
| (24) #reappraisal results in even lower utility |
| (25) elif Uti < U1: |
| (26) worse = worse + 1; |
| (27) worses = worses + [worse]; |
| (28) return recovertimes, worses; |
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(29) |
| (30) reappraisal (breadth): returns the agent’s utility after evaluating the impact of an event/thought that randomly affects |
| breadth number of goals, and at a random level for each goal |
