thinking about others

Question 1

what is joint attention?

Answer 1

• orient attention to where others are looking by following eyes
• ability to use gestures and eye contact to coordinate attention with another to share experience of object/event
• precursor for developing tom
• > inference about interest based on where I am looking

Question 2

what does direct eye gaze signal??

Answer 2

eye contact: approach signal + or -, intention to interact
higher direction gaze:
->persuasive and deceptive, approach signal
->more pleasant and less nervous
-> high attractiveness and likability

Question 3

what does averted gaze signal??

Answer 3

attention oriented elsewhere
important for info in environment
disinterest , deceptive, untrustworthy, submissive, avoid social interaction

Question 4

how does eye gaze effect facial expression?

Answer 4

Adams and Kleck, 2003

faster at detecting angry faces w directed gaze (directed gaze-> approach)
and fear w averted faces( averted gaze-> avoid)

= quicker to detect when congruent

joy= approach, direct gaze
sad=avoidance, averted gaze

eye gaze affects how quickly we recognize facial expression

Question 5

how does facial expression on eye gaze??

Answer 5

Ewbank et al., 2009

judged that gaze was directed at them when angry compared to neutral or fearful condition

= facial expression has an effect on how good we are at detecting direction of gaze