Emotions can create changes in vocal intonation, body language, and facial expressions.
Verbal Communication
What people say about what they are feeling often does not accurately reflect their emotions.
Nonverbal Communication
Facial expressions are the most obvious nonverbal emotional indicators. Body language, our posture, the way we move, our preferred personal distance from others when talking to them, also expresses emotion. Explicit acts, such as slamming a door, are clues to someone's emotional state. People vary in their sensitivity to nonverbal cues.
Display rules are culture-specific standards that govern how, when, and why facial expressions of emotion are shown. The first empirical support for display rules came from a study comparing disgust expression in American and Japanese students.
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