Motivation, Emotion, and Stress Unit 8 Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Unit 8 Day 1 – The Basis of Motivation (Module 37) Day 2 – Hunger and Sex (Modules 38 & 39) Day 3 – The Need to Belong (Module 40) and Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz Day 4 – Theories of Emotion and Detection (Modules 41 & 42) Day 5 – Stress and Unit 8 Review (Modules 43 & 44) Day 6 – CUA 8!

Module 42: Emotional Expression

Detecting Emotion in Others Non-verbal cues Aspects of a person’s emotional state that are evident without being explicitly said Non-verbal cues can include furrowed eyebrows, crossed arms, eye-rolls, and smiles The Duchene smile: Investigated by Paul Ekman, a behavioral and facial emotion researcher Which is fake? The right image. Real smiles engage the facial muscles all over the face, including the eyes. Key Point #6: How did our activity demonstrate the importance of non-verbal communication in humans? ___________________________________________________________________________________

Gender, Emotion, and Non-Verbal Behavior

Gender, Emotion, and Non-Verbal Behavior

Gender, Emotion, and Non-Verbal Behavior Why did we view the two faces in a different way, despite it being gender neutral? Anger is typically seen as a “masculine” trait; if a face is smiling, 4/5ths of people see it as female. If scowling, 3/4ths report it as male. Women are better at reading non-verbal emotion than men. Men are also less likely to describe themselves as empathetic (compassionate toward the feelings of others) than women. Men and women also differ on emotional expression – though both men and women self-report equal rates of the emotion, women are more likely to express it.

Culture and Non-Verbal Expression In many cultures, hand gestures are wildly different: http://www.businessinsider.com/offensive-hand-gestures- overseas-travel-customs-symbolism-countries-2017-6 However, facial features are broadly the same.

The Power of Facial Expressions Facial feedback effect: as early as William James (1890), psychologists have hypothesized that you can control your emotions When you manipulate your face into a certain expression, such as a smile, you begin to feel happy – our facial expressions can trigger emotions Key Point #7: Explain the facial feedback effect. ___________________________________________________________________________________