Purpose movement (expression)

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As purpose motion is referred to in the expression psychology that movement play an active organismic movement which are purposeful and purposefully. Their purpose is to change the environment in a targeted manner or to move the body purposefully.

Example of purpose movements

• a handle on a bookshelf to take a book out of there
• a manual activity, screwing in a screw
• the cup of coffee brought to the mouth

Purpose movements and communication

Purposeful movements are not communicative. However, information can always be obtained from them:

• about the purpose
• about the state in which the person is
  • health
  • motivational
  • physiological

Older or exhausted people carry out a purposeful movement differently than inexperienced and motivated people. Handicraft activities are carried out by professionals much more skillfully and purposefully, and above all with less effort . The observation of the purpose movement is very informative.

Purpose movement and expression movement

People don't move in isolation. In the behavior of every person, expressive movements and purpose movements combine with one another. The separation of the two forms of movement is therefore often only possible with a distinction between the proportions of variance in the overall behavior.

The movement of purpose distinguishes itself from the movement of expression because the latter does not follow a purpose, but is a pure accompaniment of a psychic event. Expressions such as laughing or crying are inappropriate and are shown even when the person is alone and there is no one around who could be influenced by these expressions.