Chapter 4 Flashcards
Expressions of emotions can help coordinate social life by ?
- giving us important information about the world
- prompting cooperation in others
- reinforcing desirable behavior
Emblems, illustrators, regulators , self-adaptors, and display of emotion are all types of nonverbal behavior
T or F
True
There is evidence showing parallels in vocalizations not only between different cultures , but also between humans and nonhuman primates. This may suggest universality of some vocal expressions of emotion
T or F
True
According to your textbook , what are the functions of touch .
- too soothe
- to signal safety
- to increase cooperation
- to provide pleasure
Emblems
Actions that directly translate to words
Can have cultural differences
Illustrators
Actions that dramatize speech
Regulators
Actions that govern communication
Self-adaptors
Nervous behaviors that lack seeming intentions , as if to release nervous energy
Displays of emotion
Signals in the face, voice , body and touch that convey emotion
Markers of emotional expressions
- tend to last just a few seconds
- involve involuntary muscle actions that are impervious to deliberate production and/or suppression
- often have parallels in displays of other species
How do we compare emotional expressions across individuals?
We need to be able to document exactly what people are doing
-faces : FACS ; EMG
There is no one Action Units (AU) for a particular emotion
T or F
True
Different emotional expressions have a unique _______ of AUs
Combination
ACs combine to make an expression
The Duchenne Smile (Real smile) is characterized by ?
Activation of the orbicularis oculi (cheek raiser ) muscle that makes crow’s feet at the outer corner of the eye
Creating a ________ of emotional expressions, has facilitated a lot of the research on emotional expressions
Standard set
