Face Expressions

Face Expressions

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Face Expressions and Emotions2

Cultural and Gender Differences in Emotions2

Processing Face Expression3

Conclusion3

Facial Expressions

Introduction

Russell & Dols (1997) quotes Ekman et. al. that the human face, is sometimes commanding, sometimes puzzling, and sometimes a complicated source of information in response and in motion, in life and in the moment one dies, in speech and in silence, when seen or sensed from within, in reality or shown by a camera. The human face, depicts many expressions, and is the source of information regarding the behavior of the individual. The traditions, scientific knowledge and the common sense, all confirms that the face is the window to the individual's emotions. Facial expressions could be observed in order to detect the feelings of anger, fear, excitement, sadness, sensual excitement, and many other passions. The face is the source to detect, and interpret the emotions of the individuals. The face is the key to understand the emotions of the individual whereas the emotion proves to be the key to understand face and the facial expressions of individuals helps in the assessment (Russell & Dols, 1997).

Psychologists view emotions as not merely feelings, but more than feelings, as they have behavioral, physiological and cognitive components. Psychologists define emotions as complicated feeling states having behavioral, cognitive and physiological components. It would be more accurate to say that people wear emotions on their faces (). The linkage of facial expressions with emotions and physiological, behavioral and cognitive components, has led the psychologists to study the facial expressions, thus it becomes an important part of the syllabus in psychology.

Face Expressions and Emotions

Charles Darwin was the first to study the emotions through facial expressions in 1872. He would believe that emotions developed because of their adaptability objective in supporting species survive and flourish. For instance, fear compels animals to take ...