Facial Displays

One of the interesting topics from our chapter reading this week was the section on facial displays. The section talks about how facial displays are learned and the ones that are our natural brain is programmed. I know plenty of times my mother has told me, don’t make your face like that you look like your father.

In the chapter (page 112) it says that when we smile when we are happy and cry when we are sad is because of our biological inheritance. Although we are biological to do these things it does not mean that we cannot learn how to mask these emotions. For example, we may try to smile when we are sad because we do not feel like it is everyone’s business.  I know children find out that sometimes when they cry they can get what they want, so if they know this they may use it to their advantage to get what they want even if it is not a necessity.