When something happens to you, you naturally evaluate how it affects your life. When you get a good job offer, it usually makes you happy because it contributes to your goals of having a successful career and making money. According to the cognitive appraisal approach to emotions, a situation makes you happy when it contributes to your goals, with greater contributions leading to greater happiness. Sadness is the opposite, indicating that a situation impedes accomplishment of your goals, as when you do not get a job you want or get a puny raise. Anger occurs when someone blocks the accomplishment of your goals—for example, when a fellow worker keeps you from being successful at your work. Fear arises in situations that threaten your survival goals, such as when a car cuts you off on the freeway and almost makes you crash. Disgust is basically a violation of your eating goals and desire for bodily integrity, as when someone tries to feed you something repulsive like fried worms, but can also extend to noneating situations such as sexual acts you consider depraved. In all these cases, you experience different emotions because your appraisal of the situation produces a judgment about its relevance to your goals.