CMN 2132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: False Smiles, Nonverbal Communication, Display Rules

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2132
• Professor: Sonia Gulati

Document Summary

Basic universal facial/ emotional expressions: categories of facial expressions (ekman and friese) The face tells us a lot about a person. The face is the primary site and signal system for communication of emotional states (knapp and hall, 2006) When it comes to the most important part of facial expression it is linked to emotion. There"s are a difference between and impression (perception, interpretation) and an expression. The decoding and encoding are happening in the same level of accuracy in the same regions and cultures. There is also a way of distinguishing between partial facial expressions and complete facial expressions. Emotion is a complex but temporary psychological state involving these changes: psychological, experimental, behavioral (ekman. Facial expressions can be measured by looking at muscle movement. Expressions distinguished on the basis of: muscle appearance change, muscle capability for independent action, feedback mechanism that allow us to be awake of our own facial movement. And intellectual factor of understanding (or lack of)