Facial Expressions: Universality and Cultural Differences

What was Paul Ekman's role in the study of emotions?

• He was a psychologist at Boston College

• He was a psychologist at the University of California

• He was an anthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History

• He was a researcher in Madrid.

Fill in the blank: Carlos Crivelli worked with José-Miguel Fernández-Dols at the ________ University of Madrid.

• Autonomous

• National

• Technical

• International

What was the age range of the young people involved in the study?

• 5 to 10

• 9 to 15

• 10 to 18

• 15 to 20

The study suggests that facial behaviors are culturally specific rather than what?

• Universal

• Emotional

• Natural

• Specific

The study involved showing photos to the Trobrianders. What were they asked to link the faces to?

• Colors

• Emotions

• Animals

• Objects

What is the main focus of the universality thesis in facial expressions?

• Perception

• Production

• Translation

• Context

Fill in the blank: Alan Fridlund suggests that the snapshot method may not be the best way to analyze how people view different facial expressions because people see them in the context of what's going on ______.

• A) around them

• B) in isolation

• C) in books

• D) on screens

In which decade did Paul Ekman develop a methodology to explore facial expressions?

• 1870s

• 1960s

• 2010s

• 1990s

What was the central question explored by Charles Darwin in his study?

• Are facial expressions universal?

• Do humans experience emotions?

• How do animals express emotions?

• Are emotions biologically innate?

In what year did Carlos Crivelli work with José-Miguel Fernández-Dols on their research?

• 2011

• 1960

• 1870

• 2020