id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5360 Surprise (emotion) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2513 385 54 Surprise (pronunciation (helpĀ·info)) is a brief mental and physiological state, a startle response experienced by animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Non-verbal responses to surprise can also be affected by voice inflection, distance, time, environment, volume, rate, quality, pitch, speaking style, and even the level of eye contact made by an individual trying to cause a surprise.[11] These non-verbal cues help to define whether the perceived surprise will have a positive or negative valence and to what degree the surprise will be induced by the individual. A positive violation of expectations that could result in a positive surprise may include a low credibility source making a persuasive argument that leads to the change of beliefs or emotions thus enhancing the speakers credibility.[12] The move from a low credibility source to a high credibility source can elicit a positive surprise among individuals. This response generally has a negative valence in terms of surprise. "Looking Past Pleasure: Anger, Confusion, Disgust, Pride, Surprise, and Other Unusual Aesthetic Emotions" (PDF). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5360.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5360.txt