Emotion Revealed: Nonverbal Communication

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Emotion Revealed
Frank Alonso
COM3404 - Nonverbal Communication
Prof. Sabrina Vollrath-Bueno
Florida International University

September 2014
What are the emotion functions in our lives? How do they play an important role in ourselves and determine how we behave? Emotions are so important in our lives, they have the potential to give us a delicate and sophisticate internal guidance, also warn us when a human need has not been met. They are such a valuable source of information and help us to make decisions based on what we are feeling, predicting our own and others’ behavior, as well as alerting ourselves when a person’s behavior make us uncomfortable. Emotions are a tremendous way of non-verbal communication with others; a face …show more content…

They can be all positive depending on the situations; for example in a funeral, what is a positive emotions, for instance happiness, will be a wrong emotion for that situation, and sadness, which is considered a negative emotion will be the positive emotion in that case. Another example of an emotion known as negative: anger, could be also beneficial and positive in a relationships; for example, when we feel anger for someone, we set boundaries in order not to be rude; so the anger become positive and worthy. Anger can be our friend if we know how to use …show more content…

First, the expression of JOY convey a state of felicity, delight and enjoyment; it involves the entire face, using the muscles around the eyes and showing the Duchene smile which anatomically points to a genuine feeling of happiness. Secondly, ANGER, an emotional response allied to one's psychological acting of having been threatened, it works as a warning to others regarding our emotional status. SADNESS is recognized as negative
[2] John Mordecai Gottman is a professor emeritus in psychology known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, many of which were published in peer-reviewed

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