Chapter 9 Flashcards
Facial primacy
tendency to give more weight to the face than other communication channels that stem facial stereotypes
Dynamic nature of face
face ability to make practically an infinite number of expressions
People make personality attributions based on facial expressions
Functions of face in coordinating interactions
- Open and close channels of communication
- complement or qualify verbal/nonverbal responses
- Replace speech
Facial Emblems
Ekman and Friesen: to communicate and talk about an emotion not felt - have a fairly consistent verbal translation
ex: widened eyes without fear or surprise SERVES same VERBAL purpose as “wow”
Syntactic displays
markers, functioning as visible punctuation for words and clauses for organization
ex: raising & lowering of eyebrows
Semantic displays
Facial actions by speaker connected to what is being said
Listener responses: flow of conversation
Charles Darwin’s 1872 “Expressions of the emotions of man and animals”
The study of emotional expression was closely tied to his case for evolution, capacity to nonverbally communicate evolved just as brains and skeleton & compared facial expressions of animals and himans
Display rules
behavior such as smiling when receiving gift not wanted, hiding excitement when drawing winning card in poker.
- cultural norms that regulate socially accepted behavior
- Different than deception=selfinterest at expense of others
brave smile
Bill Clinton: not pure expression of happiness but mix of emotions
Affect blends
multiple emotions shown in face at once
Ex: britney nervous yet trying to show support
Micro momentary facial expressions
Haggard and Isaacs: Showing emotions at slower frames to find micro expressions, condensed in time because of repressive processes; incompatible with expression and patient’s words
Ex: saying nice things about friend but slower frame showed anger
Facial emotion controversy
emotion always produces a certain expression, person can be happy and not show it in a stereotypical happy facial expression
yet people mask emotion
motor mimicry
displaying what another person is feeling
ex: friend stubbing toe
audience effects
ex: more likely to be facially expressive when watching video with friends than alone
ex: how children react due to parents response
ex: olympian smiling more when put in front of public
behavioral ecology theory
facial expressions are never simply emotional but enacted for social purposes
Facial expressions communicate rather than to simply reveal
