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** Physical Expression of Emotions ** · We tend to be closed when it comes to emotions · We are very careful about our verbal expression · The most accurate way to express emotions is through kinesics  o With awareness of others nonverbal messages, you have an advantage ** Innate Emotions **  · Happiness  · Surprise  · Fear  · Anger  · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Contempt <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 38.25pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Disgust <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 38.25pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Sadness ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Emotions are Universal ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">               <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">You can easily determine what emotion each person is expressing no matter their ethnicity or sex. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Darwin studied body language and facial expressions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">He concluded that Basic human emotions and how we express them are universal. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Paul Ekman visited New Guinea and found that isolated people could still easily identify basic emotional expressions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Andrew Meltzoff made faces at 2-3 week old infants to see if they could convey those emotions. The infants imitated Meltzoff leading him to conclude that facial expressions are inborn. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">We express emotion through: · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Posture – Expression at the time of that posture · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Gestures · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Movement · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Space (Proxemics) – where we position ourselves between others and what is between others · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Pupillometrics – Eye contact (is a type of touch henceforth the word “contact”) · <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Prosody – Vocal, not verbal, it is the tone and how you say things <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">Acting is just faking body language. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">VIDEO HELP
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Kinesics (Body Language) **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">I Gestures
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">1. Signals are a substitute for language. Gestures supplement and help language and cannot be learned. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">2. Different cultures have different meanings for gestures. For example, an American “goodbye” wave can be interpreted as a “no” in European and Latin cultures. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">3. Lip biting is a sign of uncertainty. When somebody rubs their hands together, it usually means what is being a said sounds good. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">4. Head nodding or looking down are indicators that it is somebody else’s turn to speak in a conversation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">5. There is a communication break down when people ignore conversation gestures. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">6. Men’s and women’s gestures differ significantly. Women hold their arms closer than men do and women stand in a more closed body position. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">II Eye Contact <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">7. Longer times looking at people during conversations indicate romantic interest or power. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">8. Avoiding eye contact is an indicator that somebody is bored or they desire to get away. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">9. Put your opinion <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">III Facial Expressions <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">10. The smile originated as a way to show the teeth and say that you aren’t going to bite. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">11. People in the south smile more, so people in Virginia will smile more than people in Pennsylvania. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">12. Little boys smile more than older men because they haven’t yet learned how to hide emotions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">13. When somebody shows their tongue it means that they are deeply involved in what they are doing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">IV Posture <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">14. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">If somebody is on the edge of their seat, it means that they are involved. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 15. If you turn away or have your body closed off to the other person, you are leaving someone out of your group with <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">posture <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">V Positioin and Territory <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 16.Proxemics is the study of personal space <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 17. In public, we like to be 12 feet away from people. In social situations, we like to be 4-12 feet apart. Personal relationships we stand 1.5-4 feet apart. In intimate relationships, people stand 0-16 inches apart. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 18. If we feel unsafe or uncomfortable, we may put a barrier such as crossed arms in front of the body. Also, a purse or inanimate object may be put in between two people as a barrier. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 19. Objects such as coats and books are territorial markers. They tell you that somebody is occupying this area. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';"> 20. Leaders sit at the end or “head” of the table. If there is no head seat, the side with the fewest amount of people will have the leader because this allows the leader to view the majority when speaking. People who sit in the corner farthest away from the leader may not want to be involved. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif';">The word document is here and it has more pictures to help illustrate some of the things.