Module 41 - Expressed Emotion

Question 1

Detection of expressed emotion

Answer 1

• serves as communication function
• words are important but expressions greatly enhances communication of emotion
• faces are important: position of facial feature vary and give away emotions

Question 2

Easiest emotion to detect

Answer 2

Anger

Question 3

Do people vary in ability to sect expressed emotions

Answer 3

• women are more skilled/likely too;
  1. detecting emotion in “thin slices”
  2. detecting a real or fake romantic couple
• women express and experience emotion more than men do (except for anger)

Question 4

Do expressed emotions vary across cultures?

Answer 4

• certain cultural differences in body gestures
• same facial expression across cultures (happy and anger are easiest to recognize by all cultures)
• cultures vary in how much emotion is expressed
• cultures that encourage individuality are more expressive
• expression of emotions is largely universal and an important non-verbal means of communication

Question 5

Effects of Expressed Emotion

Answer 5

• amplify and regulate your own feelings

- act of smiling improves your mood

Question 6

Behaviour Feedback Phenomenon

Answer 6

• walking a certain way affects our conscious feelings

Question 7

3 types of emotion

Answer 7

1. biological influences
2. psychological influences
3. social-cultural influences

Question 8

Biological influences

Answer 8

• physiological arousal
• evolutionary adaptiveness
• brain pathways
• spillover effect

Question 9

Psychological influences

Answer 9

• cognitive labeling

- gender differences

Question 10

Social-cultural influences

Answer 10

• expressiveness
• presence of others
• cultural expectation