I just found this image, which really demonstrates alot of different emotions that one person can have. Each emotion that the man has in these photos nonverbally communicates to the reciever exactly how he feels.Going from left to right, row by row, I will label each emotion as I see it portrayed.
1. content
2. excited
3. perplexed
4. angry
5. nonchalant
6. angry
7. worried
8. teasing someone
9. sad
I feel that most people in our culture would depict these emotional expressions the same way that I did. It is very interesting to me how, without saying a word, the reciever of another person's nonverbal emotional expression can tell the reciever exactly how the other person feels.
I like to think about how I use these emotions, above, in my own life. My family has always told me that I wear my emotions on my face, and after taking this class, I see how obviously I was communicating to my family exactly how I felt just by my expressions, without saying a word.
What emotions do you all think these expressions portray?
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http://www.nosweatpublicspeaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Expressions1.jpg
I completely agree with your interpretations of his facial expressions. Now that I know to look for it, I've noticed through interactions with people in my own life that the majority of the information I receive from them is through facial expressions and not words. Facial expressions can send a very clear message, sometimes better than words can.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with your interpretations of this man's facial expressions. I tend to feel as thought facial expressions are the one form of non-verbal communication that is universal. I have to believe that a smile means happiness and a frown means sad or mad in just about every country around the world. This differs from other non-verbal ways of communicating such as gestures, where they can differ from culture to culture.
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