PAUL EKMAN

Paul Ekman

Born: FEB 15, 1934 - Washington, D.C.

Theory: Basic Emotion and Universal Facial Expression

American Contemporary Psychologist

Paul Ekman

- he argued that each emotions are associated with distinct facial expressions and that these expressions are universal, that they are innate and biological

Contribution to Psychology:

• Basic Emotions and Universal Facial Expression

• Micro expressions

Basic Emotions and Universal Facial Expression

six basic emotions:

1. anger

2. happiness

3. sadness

4. fear

5. disgust

6. surprise

Expanded list of basic emotions:

• that includes: pride, shame, embarrassment, and excitement

Micro expressions

- called as The Wizard Project

- Collaborative study with Dr. Maureen O’Sulllivan

- are the tiny, involuntary alterations in facial expressions that occur within a fraction of a second

- This involuntary emotional leakage exposes a person's true emotions

- FACS (Facial Action Coding System) categorizes every expression throughout the body