Why Smiles are Contagious
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Why Smiles are Contagious
Introduction
People feel comfortable when those around them smile, and the reason why this happens is simple; a smiling face can be trusted. It is the reason why others smile with you either consciously or unconsciously without the “why” of the action. Maybe, it is the stimulating effect of a smile on the central nervous system or its communication of the assurance that everything would be okay. Maybe it is not because there is no reason to smile back at someone we do not like but we still do it regardless. So a smile is the same as a communicable infection that s transmitted from one person to another, weakens the defense system of the recipient, and make it do whatever it wants without restrictions. While this comparison might sound outrageous, it shows the strength of the irresistible power of a smile. A smile is contagious because it is one of the forms of facial expressions that are used to create the emotional response that reassures others that everything is going to be okay when the situation appears otherwise. Also, it is the
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Once we know that meaning of the smile given to us by others, we stimulate the parts of our brain that helps us mimic the expression and initiate physiological processes that make us feel better. This process also explains why that soft giggle or beam from an infant is what we need at that moment to regain lost hope or congratulate ourselves for an excellent performance. Finally, whatever it is that we are going through in our lives, the smile from others would not only make us better but show us how to make others feel the same experience without saying a word. It is the simple reason why a smile is
There is a positive side to everything. Even when I thought I was never going to smile again, I knew that it would get better eventually. Even in one of the hardest times of my life, when my parents got a divorce, I still found a way to put a smile on my face. Not only a smile but a positive attitude. I learned a life lesson I will never forget. As a matter a fact, out of all the things my parents have taught me so far this has impacted me the most.
as unknowing and uncaring. Also, a real smile is fine; however, a fake smile can escalate the situation further. Let the individual know the conversation is unquestionably about them. We accomplish this by listening, making eye contact, the occasional head nod, and not allowing for distractions whenever possible.
We communicate with others verbally and non-verbally many times per day. When you pass someone on the street and they smile, this non-verbal communication leads us to believe that person is happy, or being friendly. When someone smiles at you, do you smile back at them or continue on your way?
“Hey, thanks for telling me,” with a soft voice and light smile. Does it sound familiar to you? Perhaps the response seems good and polite on the surface, but people might be very frustrating deep inside. Truly, the burden of societal expectation forbids people to share their true feeling and opinion, therefore a genuine interaction among people becomes very rare. Although the U.S. government encourages gender equality, but the society remains the same; in reality, society has a higher expectation on women over men. In the article “Why Women Smile”, Cunningham evaluates on how societal expectation and personal goal evolves women’s daily behavior; particularly she focuses on the women’s smile. It’s for the better, women weaponize their smile
Ben is one of the main characters in the movie. It all started with the class going to a
Laughing is resorted to in times where we need to laugh. It’s an escape from reality, its comfort, its fear. Laughing subdues any emotion that is too high strung in our system. It lets it vapor out in a melancholy form that helps us cope with problems that no one else can really understand and help us with. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest it allowed emotional tension escape from the patients and made nurse Ratched lose her ward.
As has been noted in your response, the experiment performed was consistent with the facial feedback hypothesis. Although our averages for the portion of the experiment based on an individual with pursed lips varied slightly, the result of those who were asked to show bared teeth were the same. While this hypothesis is most fitting, one might attempt to apply other theories to the experimentation. Consider the dual-pathway model of fear, should one attempt to apply this concept to another emotion such as happiness, what might it look like (Nevid, 2015, p. 309)? It must be noted, this theory was not created as a concept to apply to happiness, thus its name, “model of fear”. Nonetheless, according to this “feel first, think second” concept,
Why women smile”, I consider this as a very interesting essay. However, the statement of “how deep and how much a woman smile can hide” is totally make me feeling uncomfortable, because I do not think we/woman use our “smile” to hide our feelings or anything at this point. Honestly, “hide” is a strong word to me. In fact, smile is generally recognized as a courtesy in our society. What seduction or evil works has to do with woman’s smile? Are all woman‘s smiles coming with “bad” intention? What about a man’s smile? I understand that there could be many reasons behind a smile, but it is definitely a better way to escalate our feeling, sometimes it could be something that we do not want to share (privacy) or we simply cannot share
Every expression could be a valuable key of the emotion that people may feel during the communication. Based on Goodenough and Tinker research cited by Ekman and Rosenberg (2005) claims that, “… people could consistently recognize emotion in the face” (p. 11). It means people can always read the information through the facial expression during the face-to-face interaction. Eyebrows, eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, and tongue are the face elements that can communicate the state of minds such as anger, happiness, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust and neutral emotions etc. The speaker's thoughts can be ascertained by looking at his or her facial expression. Although people commonly show congruence facial expression and content while interpreting emotions; however, some people may convey incongruent expression with their statements, and it would lead different comprehension. For instance, praising other with gleaming eyes or with harried eyebrows could stand for two different implications: One is a compliment said from the bottom of one’s heart, and the other is a kind of taunt. Two fine expressions can still make a great difference. Facial expressions carry meanings and that can impact on the
Body language is a very important factor in the communication process, the psychologists started studying this language at the late centuries because it forms a big part of understanding the verbal words; by this way we can explore another people’s real feelings ,meanings and thoughts, It’s also help us to understand ourselves. It is known as “kinesics” pronounced like ”kineesicks”. This kind of language dose not consist a words or alphabets, it is consists of hand movement, facial expression and eye movement.
Emotional contagion is having one person's emotions and related behaviors directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in another person or group of people. This can be done through a two-step process of emotional mimicry and synchronization of one's expressions and by vocalizations and posture feedback and movements. When people unconsciously mirror a partner’s expressions, they come to feel these reflections of emotions as well. Emotional mimicry is one of the most highly adaptive behaviors. One can have muscle movements that mirror the expressions they see, including looking at an angry face that activates the corrugator muscle which activates frowning. Then there is also a happy face that contracts the zygomatic major which helps with
While communicating with another human being, one only has to examine the other’s face in order to comprehend what is being said on a much deeper level. It is said that up to 55 percent of a message’s meaning can be derived from facial expression (Subramani, 2010). These facial manipulations allow thoughts to be expressed in ways that are often difficult to articulate verbally, with the face demonstrating “the thoughts of the mind, and the feelings of the heart” (Singla). Many expressions are said to universal, particularly those showing happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, and...
People show there happiness in many ways, some people smile and there face just glows in pleasure and enjoyment, while others just don?t show there happy emotions physically they keep that feeling inside themselves. Even dogs have a way of showing there happiness, they show it by shaking there tail. One of the main reasons there are so many unhappy people in our society is because many have never taken the time to discover what it is that makes them happy. Chances are if you were to ask someone else what would make them happy you'd get a list of the same thing I mentioned above. The truth is, most people have a difficult time stating exactly what would make them happy for the simple reason they've never really thought about it.
Research has shown that the smile is constantly rated as the number one thing that makes other people feel emotionally better. It has also found that smiling can be as stimulating as getting up to 16,000 Pounds Sterling (about 23,700 USD). [Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/03/22/the-untapped-power-of-smiling/] When you see someone smile, you smile. When you smile, your brain gets the messages of happiness and feel good chemicals are released. So, make smiling an important part of your routine on how to make someone
Not many people in the world today express happiness, we always hear about the bad and despair in the world around us. I try to stay happy and positive as much as I can, because I think happiness can be spread through the littlest things in life. In a world today where all you hear about is the bad going on around you, having something to hold onto and give you hope can change the outlook of that situation. I try to live all of my days by being positive and happy,