PSY331H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cortisol, Married People, Endorphins
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2) evocation function: evoke responses in other people, distress evokes compassion ( a totally different response) in another person. 3) incentive function: can provide an incentive, can encourage the desired behaviour, smiling can be seen as a reward. Encoding (sender: the person who is actually making the expression (whether it be face or voice, send information. Decoding (receiver: trying to interpret or understand facial expression or communication, recognizing how the person feels. Winking, giggling, a light touch, keeping eye contact, leaning more towards them (opening and inviting posture) Women: smile in a coy way, touch their hair, swaying their hips more. As the flirting continuous there is mimicry, even mimic laughter or posture. Happening beneath conscious awareness comes from different stages of flirting. 1) emblems: gestures that directly translate into words ideas that we know that don"t need language, different across culture.
