PSYC 308 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Facial Expression, Mirror Neuron, Social Emotions
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1: social perception: the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. Nonverbal behavior: nonverbal communication: the way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words; nonverbal cues include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch and eye gaze. Helpful in expression emotions, attitudes and personality. Communicate personality traits (i. e. extraversion) with broad gestures and frequent changes in voice pitch and inflection. E. g. when we see someone crying, these mirror neurons fire automatically and involuntarily just as if we were crying ourselves. 2003: feeling disgusted and observing some else"s facial expression of disgust activated the same region of a participant"s brain in an fmri: nonverbal cues can substitute for a verbal message. Participants were faster and more accurate at decoding angry expressions on male faces and at.
