The art of sound pictures (1930)

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146 THE ART OF SOUND PICTURES b. Throwing away a cigarette when an elderly lady who dislikes smoke comes into the room. c. A woman, quietly and with apparent carelessness, drops an expensive dish on the floor in order to make a guest, who has just broken another valuable dish, feel comfortable. d. Smiling at the dull joke of another person. e. A girl permitting a man to make love to her (as in The Trial of Mary Dugan), not because she is attracted to him, but because she wishes to make him happy. f. Many slight gestures, such as opening the hand, palm upward, waving a person forward ahead of one, smiling deprecatingly in order to make another person feel superior and at ease, nodding consent, etc. II. Physiological Expressions a. Decrease in rapidity of heart beat and increase in its strength. b. General decrease in stomach and digestive organic activity. c. Decrease in activity of genital organs, with corresponding constriction of blood vessels and digestive viscera and dilation of blood vessels in genital organs. d. Moderate increase in sweat-gland activity. e. General steadying of grip tension, blood pressure, and breathing at a moderate medium level. /. General stabilizing and harmonizing of all the internal functions of the body, in such a way that the maximum alliance or cooperation between these different functions is attained. Normal Relations between Elementary Emotions As we have already noted, there are both normal and abnormal relationships between the elementary emotions, with regard to the purposes with which these emotions are connected. When the four elementary emotions do not occur simultaneously, but rather successively, in the