Painting became more intellectual, sometimes to its own disadvantage, and changed from serving as a vehicle for didacticism or decoration to becoming a self-aware, self-assured form of expression.
She was self-assured and instinctively expressive.
And of course women have been empowered since the 60's to become self-reliant, self-assured and honor their sexual expression.
Extroversion was related to cues that had a positive effect on popularity: fashionable appearance; speedy, energetic and self-assured body movements; friendly facial expressions, strong voice; and original self-introductions.
The ebullient Mr. Reithofer, whose default facial expression is a self-assured smile, betrayed no hint of anxiety, though.
In 2007, a member of the group calling himself "Jude Finisterra" posed as a representative of Dow Chemical in a similar segment on the BBC and, with a similarly wide-eyed expression and strongly self-assured way of speaking, promised to pay financial compensation to the victims of the company's Bhopal disaster in India.
Both extroverts and self-centered people displayed self-assured body movements and friendly facial expressions and made original self-introductions.
"Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo," from 1658, depicts an unknown sitter, his expression imperious and his pose self-assured.
Mohamed, a self-assured kid with thick-framed glasses and a serious expression, had just started at MacArthur High School a few weeks ago.
This unsettled the self-assured Hepburn, but she continued to look for work.
In that study, they found that those scoring high in narcissism tended to display the four main components of the "charismatic air": attractiveness (flashy and neat attire), competence (self-assured behavior), interpersonal warmth (charming glances) and humor (witty verbal expressions).
