Lecture 3:Emotional Expressions in the Face, Posture and Voice

Question 1

What are modern theory predictions?

Answer 1

Basic/discrete emotions theory
Component process model
Core affect/physiological construction

Question 2

What is Basic/discrete theory?

Answer 2

Human nature provides a template for each emotion’s expression; should be universally recognizable
- even tho culutre can affect these emotions, basic components are automatic & should be expressed universally

Question 3

What is the component process model?

Answer 3

Facial expressions code for dimensional appraisals, not discrete emotions

Question 4

What is the Core affect/physiological construction?

Answer 4

Facial expressions may communicate valence (+-) arousal reliably across cultures; all else learned, and highly variable across cultures, individuals

Question 5

What did Charles Darwin observe?

Answer 5

Noted similarities among behaviors displayed by animals when threatened, angry, sad, or excited
expressions in monkeys, chimpanzees, apes often resemble common human expressions of emotion

Question 6

What did Darwin do?

Answer 6

Wrote to people he knew in other parts of the world, asking them to agree or disagree with statements linking emotions to expressions