chapter 12

• micro and macro expresions

  • microexpresions: occur within a fraction of a second. involuntary movements that reflect a persons real emotion.
  • macroexpresions: more expresive reflexion of emotion.
• duchenne smile:


  genuine smile, include the muscles around the eyes.
• fear


  reaction to an immediate danger
• anxiety


  a vague sense that something might happen
• disgust


  response to something that make you feel contaminated or unconfortable.
• embarrassment


  a feeling of shame or awkwardness
• type A personality


  highly competitive, perfectionist. impatient and often hostile.
• type B personality


  easy going, flexible, less hurried, relaxed.
• problem- focused coping


  doing something that help you improve the situation.
• reappraisal


  reinterpreting the situation to make it seem less hard.
• emotion-focused coping


  regulation ones emotional reaction