Nonverbal Communication Application: Emotions Revealed

Emotions Revealed
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Emotions are a very important component of one’s life. They literally determine what kind of a person someone is, or would be. They dictate the general conduct of an individual and therefore contribute towards the designation of one’s personality and character. On the other hand, emotions can block the manner in which an individual perceives of responds to even the most obvious scenarios. For example, in the case of a fire in a building, there is usually the urge by an individual to keep away from the building, but then there is the other push that makes one to go in and save those trapped therein. This is the lack of fear and going against emotions.
The seven categories of facial expressions of emotions are surprise, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, contempt and fear. These facial expressions are made possible by the movement of the facial mimetic musculature, most of which are controlled by the cranial nerve. Fear is expressed by a raise in the upper eye lid, inner and outer brow, lip stretch and a jaw drop. Surprise is expressed by the movement of facial muscles in such a manner that the eyebrows are raised, lips stretched and eyes or mouth wide open. Happiness is shown by muscular movements that result in wrinkling of the skin beneath the eyes and backward movement of the mouth’s edges (Matsumoto, 2007).
Joy is shown by the formation of the naso-labial fold and raising of the upper lip. Sadness is shown by the raising of the inner corner eyebrows and the depression of the mouth’s corners. Disgust is shown by the muscular movements on the face that result in protrusion of the lips, raising of the eyebrows, and opening of both the eyes and mouth. Contempt is shown by protrusion of the lip, raising of the upper lip, wrinkling of the nose and the ...