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Psychology / Unit 9   Psych 1033 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Display Rules

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The idea

Display rules are culturally learned norms governing when and how emotions may be expressed.

In practice

Participants viewing an unpleasant film showed similar expressions alone and different ones with an authority present.

Where people slip

Display rules govern expression, not experience. Suppressed expression does not mean absent emotion.

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