Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Display Rules, Facial Feedback Hypothesis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Dr. Chung

Document Summary

We infer emotional states in other people based on their expressions. Darwin said that there are fundamental expressions in humans. Evolutionary course of facial expressions in humans. Children who are blind still express facial expressions even though they have never learned it. Cultures differ, which affects how we interpret expressions. Display rules refer to cultural norms of emotional expressions. Lets people know what your subjective emotional state is. Measures physiological responses as you answer questions. Controlled questions are designed to heighten your arousal and make you nervous. Physiological response to critical questions are stronger or weaker than controlled questions. Weaker response for critical responses mean that you are telling the truth. Research accurate about 70% of the time. This means that if 5% of 1000 people are guilty of misconduct and are all given the test, 285 of them will be falsely accused. Measures relative differences in arousal to control vs. critical questions.