COMM 2140 Lecture 4: Chapter 4 Notes
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Evolution and natural selection: darwin believed that expressive facial behaviors are essentially survival mechanisms and therefore evolved in much the same way as other physical characteristics. External factors: there are probably external factors such as the environment, social rules, and. Innate and learned culture that contribute to our facial behavior: facial expressions are both innate and learned, sadfish: sadness, anger, disgust, fear, interest, surprise, and happiness, scadfish: sadness, contempt, anger, disgust, fear, interest, surprise, and happiness. Facial management techniques- behaviors used to control facial expressions and are divided into four common types: masking, intensifications, neutralization, and deintensification (mind) Masking- involves repression of the expressions related to the emotion felt and their replacement with expressions that are acceptable under the circumstances. Neutralization- when we neutralize our facial expressions, we essentially eliminate any expression of emotion. Deintensification- when we reduce the intensity of our facial expression of a particular emotion because circumstances require us to downplay how we truly feel.
