Essential to every individual’s daily life is communication. Communication is the tool we use to exchange information and connect with other individuals. We use communication to express our feelings, thoughts, and ideas. It is also a means in which we exchange information through signals, sounds, and behaviors. Communication is key in helping us learn, understand, and relate to others and can be conveyed face-to-face, verbally, nonverbally, through gestures and body language; as well as, how we act and dress. How a person sends, receives, and relays a message is understood not only by what is put into words, but largely by the facial expressions that reveal that person’s mood and what they are truly thinking. Facial gestures with or without verbal communication helps an individual better understand the true meaning of a message that is being transmitted. There are a variety of ways to communicate, but one of the most significant types of communication is with the use of facial expressions.
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Facial communication is an integral part of every person’s daily life. Each person, no matter their age, gender, or where they live; have their own way of expressing themselves. However, no matter what each person’s differences are, they can be understood universally when using distinct facial expressions to convey how they feel. A facial expression can say a thousand words, and is one of the best tell-tale signs (clues in) of understanding a person’s mood when they are (emotionally) reacting to either anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, or surprise instinctively. A person’s face can be very animated and can express many different emotions without (saying anything) verbally speaking. Facial expressions also send signals that can reveal immediate changes to a person thinking or state of mind allowing the receiver to adapt to the conversation. Facial expressions are important when engaging with people for the first time. First impressions can and do make a difference. During an encounter, all parties immediately form an opinion towards the other person. “It is said that in about the first 30 seconds of our encounter, the first impression is created” (Appleby, 2014) Upon meeting, there are many factors. personal appearance, tone of voice, and body language that create first impressions. “The statistics related to first impressions alter with face-to-face interactions and telephonic conversations. During a face-to-face encounter, 93 percent judgment is based on nonverbal input that includes one’s appearance and body language; while only 7 percent rests on the words one utters. “ (Appleby, 2014) the first thing that occurs is eye contact. Eye contact between two people can be very powerful. Is the eye contact limited, is it too long or too short? Was it a stare or a glazed look? Did the person look away or look down? All nonverbal behavior has meaning and can be translated to mean many things. Is the person interested, bored, paying attention, uncomfortable or relaxed. based on the person 's nonverbal behaviors tone of the meeting. The look on a person’s face and their reaction is the first thing that will be the first thing that people see is the other people faces and how they react to certain situations. Face expressions shows what people are thinking and feeling. Seduction is someone enticing a person to engage in some sort of behavior, typically sexual and arousing. A seductive facial expression tends to vary immensely. There are still some features that remain relatively constant for everyone. The eyes are fixed with a look of intensity at the other person they are engaging with. That person lips are either pursed together or slightly apart making a kissy face. The head is frequently tilted slightly towards their lover friend exposing the neck more. Squinting the eyes making them seem more “sexy.” They wink to get the other person 's attention making themselves sufficient and more attractive. One’s eyes are the attention grabbers in the situation. Also combined with increasing blinking and faint smiles to seduce appearance and demeanor is achieved, Lying is a huge occurance with young adults today. Parents, teachers, and aquatance can determine when people tell a lie. They usually look round instead of making eye contact. They get all fisgued and cant sit still. People faces tend to go beat
Facial communication is an integral part of every person’s daily life. Each person, no matter their age, gender, or where they live; have their own way of expressing themselves. However, no matter what each person’s differences are, they can be understood universally when using distinct facial expressions to convey how they feel. A facial expression can say a thousand words, and is one of the best tell-tale signs (clues in) of understanding a person’s mood when they are (emotionally) reacting to either anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, or surprise instinctively. A person’s face can be very animated and can express many different emotions without (saying anything) verbally speaking. Facial expressions also send signals that can reveal immediate changes to a person thinking or state of mind allowing the receiver to adapt to the conversation. Facial expressions are important when engaging with people for the first time. First impressions can and do make a difference. During an encounter, all parties immediately form an opinion towards the other person. “It is said that in about the first 30 seconds of our encounter, the first impression is created” (Appleby, 2014) Upon meeting, there are many factors. personal appearance, tone of voice, and body language that create first impressions. “The statistics related to first impressions alter with face-to-face interactions and telephonic conversations. During a face-to-face encounter, 93 percent judgment is based on nonverbal input that includes one’s appearance and body language; while only 7 percent rests on the words one utters. “ (Appleby, 2014) the first thing that occurs is eye contact. Eye contact between two people can be very powerful. Is the eye contact limited, is it too long or too short? Was it a stare or a glazed look? Did the person look away or look down? All nonverbal behavior has meaning and can be translated to mean many things. Is the person interested, bored, paying attention, uncomfortable or relaxed. based on the person 's nonverbal behaviors tone of the meeting. The look on a person’s face and their reaction is the first thing that will be the first thing that people see is the other people faces and how they react to certain situations. Face expressions shows what people are thinking and feeling. Seduction is someone enticing a person to engage in some sort of behavior, typically sexual and arousing. A seductive facial expression tends to vary immensely. There are still some features that remain relatively constant for everyone. The eyes are fixed with a look of intensity at the other person they are engaging with. That person lips are either pursed together or slightly apart making a kissy face. The head is frequently tilted slightly towards their lover friend exposing the neck more. Squinting the eyes making them seem more “sexy.” They wink to get the other person 's attention making themselves sufficient and more attractive. One’s eyes are the attention grabbers in the situation. Also combined with increasing blinking and faint smiles to seduce appearance and demeanor is achieved, Lying is a huge occurance with young adults today. Parents, teachers, and aquatance can determine when people tell a lie. They usually look round instead of making eye contact. They get all fisgued and cant sit still. People faces tend to go beat