PSYC18H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Communication of Emotions.docx
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To document how people flirt, givens (1983) and perper (1985) spent hrs in single bars, writing down the patterns of nonverbal behaviors shown by women and men. In the recognition phase, women and men gaze at each other, they express interest with raised eyebrows, sing song voice, laughter, and subtle lips. Then women and men explore their interest in aech other with brushes of the arm, pats, accidental bumps, looking for signs of delight or disgust. Finally, in the keeping time phase, the potential partners mirror each other"s glances, laughter, gaze, and posture, to assess their interest in one another. People express emotions with facial actions, with their voice, with touch, with posture, and with their gait. Paul ekman and wallace friesman (1969) organized the language of nonverbal behavior into 5 categories: emblems: nonverbal gestures that directly translate to words ex. Peace sign emblems vary in their meaning across cultures.