Magda B. Arnold

Magda Blondiau Arnold (December 22, 1903 – October 5, 2002) was a psychologist. The first contemporary theorist to develop appraisal theory of emotions, which moved away from "feeling" theories (e.g. James-Lange theory) and "behaviorist" theories (e.g. Cannon-Bard theory) toward the cognitive approach. She also created a new method of scoring the Thematic Apperception Test called Story Sequence Analysis. She was a 1957 Guggenheim Fellow.