Wyrazy mimiczne emocji u osób nieśmiałych
Rocznik: 2011 Tom: 17 Numer: 2
The research refers to the concept of the shyness which consider it in terms of a personality variable. The first aim of the research conducted on 82 participants was to examine a reliability of a new method – The Questionnaire of Shyness, which was designed for selecting participants who are high and low at the dimension of shyness. The second aim of the research was to determine if, in interpersonal situation including being observed and evaluated by group of people, two types of persons – shy and courageous would display emotions of different kind and intensity: 1) in facial expressions measured by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS); 2) in the subject iveexperience measured by estimated scales; 3) in physiological reaction in the form of a blush. The results showed that the courageous persons more frequently displayed the sincere smiles (Duchenne smiles) and the happiness. While the shy persons more frequently displayed the embarrassment and the characteristic combination of an eyes movement, an insincere smile and a head movement. The shy persons experienced the more intensive anxiety during experiment and also anticipating the experimental situation. No significant differences was found between shy and courageous persons in blushing.