PSY 230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ultimatum Game, Paralanguage, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 230
• Professor: Charles Dufour

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We can learn about the emotional states of others by paying attention to subtle nonverbal cues, which are relatively impossible for people to actually hide. Nonverbal communication is communication between individuals that does not involve the content of spoken language. It relies instead on an unspoken language of facial expressions, eye contact, and body language. Nonverbal communication takes place via 5 basic channels: facial expressions, eye contact, body movements, posture, and touching. Ci(cid:272)ero o(cid:374)(cid:272)e said that (cid:862)the fa(cid:272)e is a pi(cid:272)ture of the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:449)ith the eyes as its interpreter. There are 5 basic emotions: anger, fear, happiness, sadness, and disgust. Surprise may be a 6th, but evidence is mixed. Some emotions are universal to a degree; happiness is recognized almost all over the world. Sadness and disgust are recognized less so than happiness, but are still recognized at above-chance levels. People who express their emotions easily are not necessarily good at recognizing emotion in others.