PSYCO302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Linguistics, Facial Expression
11 Oct 2018
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Ekman: studied facial expressions and looked at the universality of facial expressions (to what extent are emotions innate) We are largely unaware of what we do with our body unless we stop to think about it. Darwin: emotions are biologically determined you could look at facial expressions and see similarities (in humans and primates) Thought to be 7 universal expressions (fearful, angry, sad, happy, disgusted, surprised, contempt) Minute differences in how they are displayed and how much effort people put in to displaying these emotions. Differ by culture: collectivist cultures (china, japan) vs. independent cultures (canada, Us: collectivist limits expression, responds in particular way due to culture. Individualist more expressive, not as altered by culture. Voice changes: anger = fast speech rate, sad = slow speech rate. Physiological changes: anger = hr increases (fight- sympathetic nervous system, fear = increase in hr (flee)
