PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Facial Expression, Sclera, Bonobo
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Static features clothes stay the same throughout a conversation. They signal status, wealth (perceiving needs to recognize features about the clothes) Hobbies and interests, ethic affiliations, mood, uniforms. How close you stand to someone when interacting, distance you maintain when interacting with another person. These factors are culturally determined too close vs just right. Proxiemis how close you get to someone. Haptics touching (hand on shoulder, around their neck) Nature of relationships, how close you are to the person. We look at someone"s head and eyes when communicating. Sclera white part of eye, easy to differentiate from pupil and iris so you know what people are looking at. Visible potion of the eye is large compared to our body size, not true for other primates. The amount of eye you see in a gorilla is small, sclera is pigmented. Humans evolve in a particular way that allows eyes to track gaze.
