Psychology 2720A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Display Rules, Speedstep, Learned Helplessness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Mike Morrison

Document Summary

Social perception: the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people. Body language and gestures: must of emotional expression is non verbal. Discrete emotions theory: theory that people experience a small number of distinct emotions: distinct biological roots, serves an evolutionary function. Primary emotions: fear, anger, sadness, surprise. Cultural differences in emotional expression: the fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g that (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s e(cid:454)ist a(cid:272)ross (cid:373)ost or all (cid:272)ultures does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) that cultures are identical in their emotions expressions, display rules: cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions. There are reliable nonverbal indications of lying: voice pitch increases when lying, eye blinks increase when lying, posture shifts and gestures increase when lying. However, no one nonverbal behaviour is associated perfectly with lying, and lies can be told successfully without these behaviours. We are invested in understanding the reasons for people behaviours.