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 * Name of article: Emotional expression
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. Last term, I wrote an essay on the role emotional expression can play in effecting political change. As a resident of Portland, Oregon, I employed the ongoing protests against police brutality as a local lens through which to better understand both the aims and effects of emotional expression.

Lead

 * Guiding questions
 * Though not exactly relevant to my essay on political forms of emotional expression, the Wikipedia page on emotional expression does include a succinct definition of the subject as it's most commonly understood. The opening paragraph also includes references to the passages that follow (e.g., social constructions of emotional expression, psychological implications of emotional expression, etc.). While the lead does not include information that is not present in the rest of the article, it does omit information that is found in subsequent sections, such as information related to emotional regulation, emotional intelligence, and psychological disorders. While I'm no expert

Content

 * The article's content is absolutely relevant to the topic. By examining the social origins and implications of emotional expression, the Wikipedia article does an effective job of providing an overview of the topic. It successfully introduces a few schools of thought regarding emotional expression, including Charles Darwin's The Expressions of Emotions in Man and Animals. Additional categories of emotional expression include the Appraisal model, Psychological Construction model, and the social construction model. While I'm no expert in the history of emotional expression, the information, based on the sources provided in the article's bibliography — most of which were published in the 21st century — appear to be up-to-date. And though I don't consider any of the information provided to be irrelevant to the subject, I do wish it included a section on the political implications of emotional expression. As a result of this absence, this article fails to address one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.

Tone and Balance

 * The article is written in a neutral manner. There is nothing in the content that suggests an agenda or bias on the part of its author(s). In my opinion, theoretical underpinnings of emotional expression are overrepresented, though perhaps I feel this way only because the subject's political implications are glaringly absent. It is clear that the article exists simply to provide a basic overview of the history of emotional expression as it relates to interpersonal communication, as well as relevant psychological disorders.

Sources and References

 * The facts expounded upon throughout the article are backed up by reliable sources, nearly all of which come from academic journals or texts relevant to the subject of emotional expression. As mentioned above, the overwhelming majority of these sources were published in the last twenty years, making them current. A couple of the sources even feature theories regarding LGBTQI+ emotional expression, a category of folks that obviously qualify as "historically marginalized individuals." I clicked on a half dozen of the links provided, all of which worked.

Organization

 * In my opinion, the article is concise, clear, and easy to read. It provides a succinct yet thorough examination of the basic tenets of emotional expression, at least as it relates to interpersonal communication. I didn't note any grammatical errors, and the sections are well-organized, with emotional intelligence falling under the category of "Emotional Regulation" and effects falling under the category of "Disorders."
 * In my opinion, the article is concise, clear, and easy to read. It provides a succinct yet thorough examination of the basic tenets of emotional expression, at least as it relates to interpersonal communication. I didn't note any grammatical errors, and the sections are well-organized, with emotional intelligence falling under the category of "Emotional Regulation" and effects falling under the category of "Disorders."

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Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions
 * The subject of emotional expression is relevant to the following WikiProjects: Psychology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science. Criticisms related to this Wikipedia article concern omissions (e.g., forms of romantic emotional expression and various psychological disorders). We have yet to really delve into this topic in class.

Overall impressions

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 * As mentioned elsewhere in this evaluation, the strengths of this article are rooted in its succinct analysis of the origins of emotional expression, the theories underpinning its study, and its inclusion of psychological disorders and the concept of emotional intelligence. A more thorough examination of emotional expression would include its political implications and a deeper understanding of various psychological disorders. In its current form, I consider this article to be underdeveloped.

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