Research on Body Language

Research on

Body Language

Project-6

 

Rejection

·       A person who gets rejected gets confused and feels sad and disappointed which is shown in his face.

·       He shows rejection by slouching.

·       He becomes frustrated and irritated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiredness

·       A person who is tired feels sleepy and hence yawns. Yawning is the most common indication of tiredness.

·       The person also sometimes stretches his hands and legs indicating tiredness.

·       They also make very long sigh and close their eyes for a few seconds.

·       All ages and genders have almost the same indication for tiredness.

·       A indication mostly in males is to scratch there body or behind but in females its mostly there head.

Some even rub their necks indicating tiredness.

 

 

 

 

Boredom

 

·       A bored man would be slouching with is forehead a bit wrinkled. He will have his mouth open (or oddly shaped)  and feel a bit tired. He will be fiddling with his hand or using it as support for his head. His eyes half open unless his head is bent down and he is seeing upwards like in the above image.

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·       A bored person will lean back on whatever he is sitting and have his body almost stretched. His mouth closed and in this case he will not be tired but be in a position somewhat resting. His eyes will be looking at a fixed point and again fiddling with his hands.

·       If he is walking he will be moving slowly not lifting his legs much high and if the person or character and male is after the 20^th century he will have his hands in his pocket. He will have is head bent down and in most cases shoulders up.

     If the person is standing still, he will have his legs a bit apart staring mostly down or some fixed point. and again is hands in pocket. If it is a women the position of the hand depends on their dress i.e., folded or clutching the purse...

 

 

 

 

Happiness

·       The main indication his a smile on the face and important thing is that there are no wrinkles of any kind except those of age. His cheeks puff a bit.

·       When the person is happy he sits straight and is body becomes rigid. His chest goes up as if he is filled with pride.

·       There isn’t much in the body language to indicate happiness.

·       But when a person is excited with happiness he jumps up and spreads his hands...

 

 

Anger

                          

·       When a person is angry his face tightens and his hands are in very much heavy motion to make the point

·       His posture is rigid.

·       His shoulders go up.

·       His body actions are quick and fast like moving his hands or walking. Hands trying to bang something mostly.

·       His eyes become big and eyebrows come closer causing a few wrinkles on his forehead. His cheeks lift up a bit.

 

 

 

 

      Confusion:- in state of confusion the person is doesn’t move much but his face says everything. His eyes are wide open looking at some fixed meaningless point, his mouth also open.

·      Irritation:- just like anger but his actions are at normal speed and is shoulders are a bit high but not much.

· The one thing I observed is that the ears don’t move in any change in body language.

Some body Indications which tell the emotion are below:-

Body Language Cues                                              What that Body Language says

Fidgeting                                                                   discomfort

Teeth grinding                                                          stress

Nervous laugh or cough,                                       agitation

Reddening face                                                       discomfort, embarrassment

Fluttering hand motions with long silences       discomfort

Hands at mouth                                                       a desire to retract words

Arms crossed over chest                                        closed off from discussion

Rapid blink rate                                                        untruthfulness

Hand touching nose                                               untruthfulness

Rubbing back of neck                                             aggravation

Combing hair with fingers                                     agitation

Pacing the floor                                                        distancing self from the issue

Tightness in jaw                                                       aggravation

Playing with pen, paper clips, etc.                        agitation

Tapping pen or pencil in even cadence              impatience

Crossed legs, top one swinging                            impatience

Hands clenching and unclenching                        anger

Hands at throat                                                       unexpected surprise

Hand rubbing chin                                                  thinking

Feet up on desk                                                       prove it to me

Legs crossed one leg over the other                    defensiveness

Bulging eyes                                                             extreme anger

Purple-red face                                                        extreme anger

Lack of eye contact                                                  distancing self from the issue

Rolling eyes to ceiling                                            heard this already

Mumbling response                                               unsure, uncommitted

Voice high-pitch; words rapid                                panic, nervous

Voice low; words slow                                             anger

Varying pitch                                                             constructing a phony response

Long silences                                                           fabricating or deleting information

Sigh, noisy exhale, groan                                      passive aggressive no response

Sources:-

·      The great Gatsby-movie

·      The artist-movie

·      The hunchback of notre dame-movie

·      A bit of google images.

·      And a lot of incidents from self.

·      And enacting the emotion.