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EXPRESSION
OF EMOTIONS
Emotions in infants
are expressed by facial reactions. These reactions can be read
through careful observations. According to Dr. Restak in his
book entitled The Infant Mind, there are many distinct
areas of the face that contribute to emotion. "Eyebrows,
forehead, eyes, eyelids, nose, cheeks, mouth-- each of these
regions assumes a distinct facial muscle pattern according to
the emotion ascendant at the time" (200). There are many
different patterns of facial movements which represent each different
emotion.
The
Infant Mind
. Restak, Richard M . Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc.
,1986.
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MEASURING
INFANTS' EMOTIONS
Emotions in infants
are measured through various systems such as the Maximally Discriminative Facial
Movement Coding System (MAX) developed
by Carol Izard, which codes distinct facial responses to specific
emotions.
Here is an example
of the MAX coding system:
ANGER IS CODED WHEN:
1) Infants eyes
are squinted and narrow
2) Eyebrows come
together and are lowered
3) the mouth is
open in an angular square shape.
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