Do Facial Expressions And Body Expression

Eye contact: Teachers who make eye contact open the flow of communication and convey interest, concern, warmth and credibility.

Facial Expression: The facial expression such as happiness, sadness, anger and fear helps a lot in conveying a message. These facial expressions are similar all over the world but non- verbal communication and behaviour varies hugely between the cultures in the world.Since the look on a person’s face is noticed , before we hear ,facial expression contributes a lot in a successfully non-verbal communication .

This idea is portrayed very often in the scene from ‘Up’. One specific example is seen when the male character, Carl, is watching his wife, Ellie, paint their mailbox. He is staring at her intently with a grin on his face, his eyes appearing to be soft. One could interpret this as an expression of interest and affection – Ellie clearly does, as she looks up at him in return and smiles. Another example occurs when Ellie visits Carl in the hospital after he has broken his leg. She glances at him out of the corner of her eye, with a slight smirk on her face. This is one example where there exists an issue of intentionality, as often is present when it comes to nonverbal communication (Hall, Carter, & Horgan, 2000). An observer who is unaware of the couple’s relationship and the circumstances surrounding the situation may mistake Ellie’s glance as a sign of annoyance, however those with more knowledge on the setting can realize that the smirk expresses the thought “Well, we both know what this means...”. Therefore, this particular scene does an excellent job of demonstrating the ambiguity and complexity of countenance in nonverbal communication.

Facial expressions through non-verbal communication are a sufficient way in listening, expressing emotion and giving feedback. Non-verbal communication is a vital element of interpersonal communication as it helps express emotion and personality through the process of exchanging information (Eunson 2012). Non-verbal signals such as facial expressions can be defined as

During the argument, both individuals demonstrated affect displays. These are facial expressions motivated by emotion such as a smile or frown. The female had a frown on her face to demonstrate that she was sad

John does not socialize with his classmates but he will communicate academically with one student. The seating arrangement was modified to allow these two students to sit adjacent to each other. These changes could foster social communication for John.

To smile means to show how much happiness a person has through a motion from their mouths. When a person smiles they usually experiencing something very pleasurable and are showing a more intense feeling of joy. When a person grins they are showing a smaller level of joy. Also when a person grins they tend to be unnoticeable, since the motions of a grin are not very visible.

Thank you for sharing your on-site issue. I am expressive with my facial expressions quite often and until your post, I am not sure if I viewed this as a major problem. You are spot on with being concerned with. Anyone that has been on the received end of a disapproving facial expression understands how it can sting. I was thinking about how Thelma from Love’s Executioner and she would have reacted to Dr. Yalom (1989) if he lost that poker face. There were times we can infer that he might have let his face communicate a judgement and it impacted the session. Navarro (2011) states, “...there are over 215 behaviors associated with psychological discomfort and most of those are not in the face (para.14).” Yikes!!! I would

“Dylan was grinning”(86) Connotative- happy Denotative- to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth.

While watching The Big Bang Theory, one of the channels of nonverbal communication I noticed was facial displays. When Leonard and Penny were discussing the upcoming Comic Con convention they were planning on attending, Leonard was showing Penny places they were going to stay and sleep. He was smiling and you could definitely tell it was a fake smile. Penny was also wearing a fake smile the whole time. I interpreted this as Leonard really trying to get Penny not to go to the convention with him by showing her she would have a terrible time. I believe Penny was using the fake smile to show Leonard that she was excited about the trip, although she really didn’t want to go. The fake smiles they were both wearing are an example of the sub-content of the facial display channel.

Animals like humans use facial expression in order to display primary emotions.For example when looking at photos of humans and animals displaying emotions it is possible to attempt to work out which emotion they are showing. These primary emotions being happiness,sadness,fear,anger,surprise and disgust are considered to be motivational in that fear motivates the organism to avoid whatever is causing the emotion. Primary emotions tend to be the first response to external stimulus and typically done without thinking , this is certainly not just specific to humans.In humans the six primary expressions were first identified by Darwin in his 1872 book “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals”.Tina Bloom and Harris Friedman (2013) looked at peoples ability to recognise the emotions displayed

In the first video in this series, I viewed in groups and out groups. In groups “refer to groups we identify with out groups descibes groups we see different from us” (Floyd 31). The adolescents and the professor have different roles and images which hindered their communication, so they didn’t associate the professor as the same in group as them. The boy and girl seemed to have a more relaxed conversation because they perceive each other as in the same in group. For example, both students changed their conversation style when the professor came up to talk to them indicating that they were code switching from friends to students. The girl used positive facial display, “facial expressions” (Floyd 109), and movements and gestures such as smiling and hand movements that suggested that she was comfortable with her friend. However, when the professor walked up to them, they both sat up straight and said “thank you” multiple times; they even changed their jargon. The students were experiencing open sensitivity between each other, while with their professor they experienced closed stereotyping.

Nonverbal communication is behaviors and characteristics that convey meaning with out the use of words. Sometimes accompanying verbal messages, to clarify or reinforce them. (Floyd, Communicating Nonverbally, 2013) It is said to be true that nonverbal communication sometimes gives more information that verbal communication. People’s facial expressions, gestures, and personal appearance are all forms of nonverbal communication and it relies on our sense of vision. For instance, when my sorority and I get together for a meeting and the president of our chapter stands up in front of everyone to share information, it is important that we let her know that we are interested by nodding our head in agreement, smiling at her, clapping our hands, and keeping eye contact with her so she knows our focus is on her. For our chapter it is important to reassure our president that we are listening and focused on what she has to say by using nonverbal behaviors. Without nonverbal communication, it would be hard to tell when someone is interested or not in a conversation. Nonverbal communication helps us maintain

Almost every night, my parents would tell me to sit up straight when we were eating at the dinner table, and they would say it would help me digest. Also, in high school when I would walk through the halls between classes, many of my friends would compliment me on my posture. I thought it was the strangest thing to compliment someone on. The title “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” brought back these memories; therefore, I was interested to see what Amy Cuddy had to say. Cuddy is a social psychologist and a business professor at Princeton. In the TED Talk “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” Amy Cuddy discusses the reasons to use power posing, and it could affect the mind for better success in our lives.

In this study, we looked at the relationships between friendliness and hostility and agreeableness in college students. We hypothesized that students who were high in friendliness would also be high in agreeableness, while being low in hostility. We expected a strong correlation with agreeableness, and a slightly strong correlation with hostility. However, when looking at all three traits we found that agreeableness, while being the big umbrella it is, might not fully account for traits underneath it. As well as friendliness and hostility having a stronger negative correlation than we anticipated.