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Chapter 13Expressed Emotion
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Expressed Emotion
Emotions are expressed on the face, from the body and the intonation of the voice. Is this non-verbal
language of emotion universal?
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Nonverbal Communication
Most of us are good at deciphering emotions thorough non-verbal communication. In a crowd of faces a single angry face will “pop out” faster than a
single happy face (Fox et al. 2000).
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Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior
Women are much better at discerning nonverbal emotions then men. When shown sad, happy and
scary film clips women expressed emotions more than men.
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Detecting and Computing Emotion
Most people find it difficult to detect deceiving emotion. Even trained professionals like police officers,
psychiatrists, judges, and polygraphists detected deceiving emotions 54% of the time.
Which of Paul Ekman smile is genuine?
Dr. Paul Elkm
an, University of California at San Francisco
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Hindu Dance
In classical Hindu dance, the body is trained to effectively convey 10 different emotions.
Netw
ork Photographers/ Alamy
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Culture and Emotional Expression
When culturally diverse people were shown basic facial expressions, they did pretty well at recognizing
them (Ekman & Matsumoto, 1989).
Elkman &
Matsum
oto, Japanese and Caucasian Facial Expression of Em
otion
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Emotions are Adaptive
Darwin speculated that our ancestors
communicated with facial expression in the absence of language.
Nonverbal facial expression led to their
survival.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
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Analyzing Emotion
Analysis of emotions is carried out on different levels.
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The Effects of Facial Expression
If facial expressions are manipulated, like furrowingbrows, people feel sad while looking at sad pictures.
Attaching two golf tee to the face and making their tips touch makes furrow on the forehead.
Courtesy of Louis Schake/ Michael Kausm
an/ The N
ew York Tim
es Pictures
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