So how was your Spring Break?

  Spring break a week long period that college students across American look forward to all year. Typically scheduled in the late weeks of March the week of spring break gives college students a chance to relax and enjoy some warm weather before finishing off the second half of the semester
    With everyone returning from spring break there is plenty of stories sharing going around. Accurate interpretation of facial expressions during communication is essential for social interaction. One’s Facial expressions communicate information that helps us understand the state of mind of our peers and adjust our behavior accordingly.
    While in the library I ran in to one of my sorority sisters Kelsey, we started discussing spring break. As Kelsey and I conversed about her break I noticed the eye contact and mutual gaze that was occurring. We were both looking in to each other’s eyes showing that we were interested and paying attention. Kelsey was talking about how she worked over the break, she works in a small family run ice cream paler and the weekend of spring break was their opening day. When describing the mass of crowds that came in during the weekend I could see the look of shock her face produced. When she went back in to the memory I noticed her eye brows were raised and her eyes became widened. This facial management technique of intensification really conveyed her emotion of shock to me and got me to understand how she felt when serving the crowds.
       With all the hard work she put in during the week Kelsey decided that she deserved some retail therapy. As Kelsey told me about her shopping trip and the purchases she made she was smiling, it was a real genuine smile I don’t think she was even aware or could control the smile that she was producing. Her smile was a true depiction of the joy she felt towards the memories from that day.  
     While using the Facial Action Coding System I was able to break down Kelsey’s face into three regions. By looking at what region the movement emerged on Kelsey face I was able to classify the particular emotions she was feeling.  Being aware of these nonverbal cues as well as our response to them points out awareness of how our facial and eye behavior is perceived