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FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
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stitute more subtle expressions of desire. Expressions of regret, envy, and disappointment upon seeing another person in possession of the desired object also ( constitute indirect expressions of desire, complicated by
a certain thwarted or defeated element of emotion. ' Small movements of the hand or body toward the de
sired object, or sudden lack of interest in other things i when the object is near, also express the emotion.
II. Physiological Expressions
; a. The same type of combined dominance and
compliance in actions of the body, as were described under gross physiological expressions of these elements, occur here. Bodily dominance sometimes predominates throughout, though modified intensively by changes symptomatic of compliance.
Satisfaction
Satisfaction consists, as we have already noted, of a mixture of compliance and dominance, with compliance more active and dominance more passive than in the emotion of desire. The baby, having grasped the flower, waves it about for a moment or two. PerI haps he puts it near his face or into his mouth. He may merely
j squeeze it with one hand, or pluck out some of its petals. Gradually
' his attention to the flower diminishes, and his grasp upon it relaxes,
j Eventually, the flower falls from his hand, and he turns to some
I other activity.
Just before he drops the flower, his satisfaction has reached its height, and thereafter the emotional satisfaction from possession of the flower begins to be replaced by other emotional reactions. In the child’s expression of satisfaction, we can clearly trace compliance actions and dominance actions in combination. In this case, however, dominance is strongest and is gradually replaced by comI pliance. The child, when he first grasps the flower, expresses domi
I nance in violent movements of the arm, waving his possession back
and forth, striking it against the floor and table. The flower con■ trols his attention and interest, but he is nevertheless at the height of his triumphant dominance of it. Gradually, the flower itself controls his actions more and more. He ceases to wave it, and tries to smell it or to press it against his face, thus increasing the sensations caused by the flower. He grasps it, squeezes it, and I perhaps sits looking at it gravely and inactively after his experi
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