PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Interchannel, Paralanguage, Eye Contact
30 Jan 2018
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Social perception: the process through which we seek to know and understand other persons: nonverbal communication. Darwin : anger, fear, happiness, sadness, disgust, and surprise. Ekman discovered that all people in the world use the same facial expressions to represent an internal state. The gold medalists are always smiling, silver medalists are rarely smiling, bronze medalists are usually smiling. Gazes and stares (can be easily misinterpreted) Men were more attracted to photos of women with bigger pupils. Believed that people blink more when they lie. Avoiding (or increasing) eye contact when lying. Change in amount or type of eye contact. If someone usually makes eye contact but now they won"t, or vice versa. Gestures including emblems that are specific to a culture. When people portray happy/angry characters in ballet, they do certain postures/movements. Higher status people should initiate the touching. Example: your boss can pat you on the back, but you.
