David B. Givens Quotes

#1. In private life, human beings spend a great deal of time in seclusion behind closed doors (e.g., in bathrooms and bedrooms) and other partitions designed to shield their bodies from prying eyes. Scientists have determined that too much visual monitoring can be harmful to human health.

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#2. Women are superior to men in decoding nonverbal cues (Rosenthal and DePaulo 1979).

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#3. Unlike most other facial signs of emotion, the smile is subject to learning and conscious control. In the U.S., Japan, and many other societies, children are taught to smile on purpose, e.g., in a courteous greeting, whether or not they actually feel happy.

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#4. As the brain and body were shaped by natural selection, consumer goods adapted to the mind through a parallel process of product selection, which has rendered them ever more fluent, expressive, and fascinating to our senses.

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#5. When we create an artifact such as a tool, we leave a physical trace of our thoughts" (Hauser 2000:22)

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