Facial Expressions Research: Ekman

When did Ekman start his work?

• 1940's

• 1950's

• 1960's

• 1970's

Whose research informed Ekman about how smiles were universal?

• Murphy et al

• James-Lange

• Matsumoto

• Darwin

What TV show was inspired by the research of Ekman?

• Sing to me

• Speak to me

• Talk to me

• Lie to me

Which theory of Darwin's argued that all humans share common facial expressions?

• Evolutionary Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Finch's Theory

• Galapagos Theory

True or False: A smile can mean happy in one country and angry in another.

• True

• False

What year was Ekman's first piece of research?

• 1965

• 1966

• 1967

• 1968

What type of photographs were shown to people in this 1966 research?

• 6 photographs of white Americans

• 6 photographs of African Americans

• 5 photographs of white Americans

• 6 photographs of different cultures

Which of these countries was NOT included in the 1966 research?

• Chile

• Argentina

• Brazil

• USA

• Britain

What was the result of showing photographs to people from different countries?

• People attached the same emotion to the same facial expression

• People attached a different emotion to the same facial expression

What was a large criticism of this research?

• People in those countries were not smart

• People in those countries may have been influenced by TV

• People in those countries were lying

• The photographs were fake