PSYB21H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Electric Light, Leptin, Polygraph
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Deintensification : involves muting the expression of one"s emotion, as when the loser of a contest tries to look less distressed then he is. Masking: involves expressing one emotion while feeling another, as when a poker player tries to look distressed rather then delighted as she examines a four of a kind. Neutralizing: involves feeling an emotion but displaying no expression: micro expressions: morphology : certain facial muscles tend to resist conscious control, and for a trained observer, these so-called reliable muscles are quite revealing. Symmetry: sincere expressions are a bit more symmetrical than insincere expressions. Duration: sincere expressions tend to last between half a second and 5 second, and expressions that last for shorter or longer periods of time are likely to be insincere. Temporal patterning: sincere expressions appear and disappear smoothly over a few seconds whereas insincere expressions tend to have more abrupt onsets and offsets.
