A. Positive Activation

A reader-facing cluster for pleasant activation, achievement, excitement, and awe.

Core Principle

Positive Activation helps readers recognize semantic neighbors centered on pleasant activation, excitement, achievement, or awe; it is not an underlying IAGA 12D Core axis.

Included Affects

• Joy
• Amusement
• Satisfaction
• Excitement
• Awe
• Pride*

Reader Interpretation

• One affective state may include Joy and Awe at the same time, while target, arousal, gain/loss appraisal, or self-evaluation can still differ.
• Semantic labels are navigation anchors; two IAGA packets using the same word are not necessarily structurally identical.

Limits

• This region is not a Core axis.
• States may blend, cross regions, and move over time.
• Unstarred terms come from the research-informed reference vocabulary; * marks Aistory reader-facing practical extensions.

Example

When a person receives confirmation of an important research result, Satisfaction, Joy, and Pride* may co-occur; IAGA still preserves target, time curve, Core state, and provenance separately.