2In Tiedens and Linton’s (2001) experiments, the uncertainty
emotion under study was incidental and dissociated from the cognitive
task that followed. Participants were motivated to reduce
uncertainty, but they did not have a directional motivation as to the
outcome of the evaluation. However, the emotion of hope is intimately
linked to the evaluative task at hand and depends on the
yearning associated with the outcome related to the evaluation.