PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fatah, Nonverbal Communication, Facial Expression
27 Sep 2013
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Refers to how people communicate intentionally or unintentionally without words: ex. Non verbal forms of communication were species-specific and not culture-specific and facial expressions were vestiges of once useful physiological reactions: ex. Ekman and friesen went to new guinea and tested the south fore tribe by giving them photographs of americans expressing 6 emotions and had them match the emotion to the story. People frequently display affect blends where one part of their face registers one emotion while another part registers a different emotion. Display rules are particular to each culture and dictate what kinds of emotional expressions people are supposed to show: ex. American cultural norms discourage emotional displays in men like grief or crying: ex: cultures vary in what is considered normative use of personal space most. Americans like to have a bubble of open space whereas in other cultures, strangers think nothing of standing right next to each other to the point of touching.
