Easily. • To Gain Advantage Over Another Person or a Situation. • To Create a Positive Impression and Win the Admiration of Others. • To Exercise Power Over Others by Controlling Information.
Embarrassment. • To Protect Another Person from Being Punished. • To Protect Yourself from the Threat of Physical or Emotional Harm. • To Maintain Privacy • To Get Out of an Awkward Social Situation.
a False Statement or Appearance. 2. A Lie Must Have a Recipient; Otherwise, It Is Self-Deception 3. A Lie Requires the Intent to Deceive; Otherwise, It’s an Honest Mistake 4. A Lie Requires a Context of Truth.
up, raising our our upper eyelids to expose more more of our eyes. Our jaw drops drops open, our lips stretch horizontally, and we pull our chin chin back. (Many animals express express their fear this same way, way, except for those that don’t don’t have chins to pull back, like back, like rabbits, which pull their their ears back instead.)
pull down, we raise our cheeks in a near-squint, and our upper eyelids droop. Some psychologists believe that a sad face is the “lower intensity” version of a crying face; others believe that there are enough subtle differences that the two should not be considered to be gradations of each other. In any case, tears alone don’t necessarily indicate sadness.
and raising our cheeks and upper lip. It’s likely that this expression arose in our ancestors as a response to spoiled or rotten food and to nauseating smells. Over time, it began to appear in response to behavior that was perceived as disgusting.
a photo, we express happiness with a genuine “Duchenne smile.” This is evoked when involuntary movements cause crow’s-feet and narrowed eyelids at the same time that the corners of the mouth curve up.
demonstrated asymmetrically: one lip corner is pulled in and back. The chin is sometimes lifted, as if to raise the subject above her companion. There has been much scientific discussion about whether a contemptuous expression is really one of disgust, but the asymmetry appears to distinguish the two. Contempt: asymmetric; one lip corner pulled back and in.
eyelids widen, and our mouth drops open. With fear, the mouth also opens—but it’s wider and stretched back. Surprise is generally displayed very briefly. It’s quickly replaced by subsequent emotions like happiness: "I can’t believe you planned a surprise party for me!!!!!" or anger: "I…can’t… believe you planned a surprise party for me."
pulled-up lower lids, and tight, narrowed, pulled-in lips. An angry face often produces a vertical wrinkle between the eyes. Plastic surgeons have been able to use this fact to their advantage; injections of Botox, which erase frown lines between the eyes, are said to make people look “less angry.”