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NVC

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What substance is produced when we smile?

a)

serotonin

b)

endorphins

c)

bile

d)

adrenaline

2.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

3.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

4.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

5.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

6.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

7.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

8.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

9.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

10.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

11.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

12.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

13.

What is this an example of?

a)

Facial expression

b)

Gesture

c)

Posture

d)

Paralanguage

14.

True or False: NVC is commonly used to detect lies.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How might someone's face look if they are happy?

a)

Mouth turned up at the corners

b)

Nose wrinkling

c)

Eyebrows raised and pulled together

d)

Eyes glare

16.

How might someone's face look if they are sad?

a)

Pulling down of lips at corners

b)

Nose wrinkling

c)

Eyebrows raised and pulled together

d)

Narrowing of the lips

17.

Which TWO are a sign of anger?

a)

Eyebrows raised and pulled together

b)

Nose wrinkling

c)

Eyebrows down and pulled together

d)

Narrowing of the lips

18.

Which TWO expressions are a sign of surprise?

a)

Eyes widened

b)

Mouth open

c)

Eyebrows down and pulled together

d)

Narrowing of the lips

19.

Which facial expression is a sign of disgust?

a)

Nose wrinkled

b)

Mouth wide open

c)

Eyebrows raised and pulled together

d)

Eyebrows down and pulled together

20.

Which facial expression is a sign of fear?

a)

Nose wrinkled

b)

Mouth wide open

c)

Eyebrows raised and pulled together

d)

Eyebrows down and pulled together

21.

What was the name of Darwin's work?

a)

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

b)

The Expression of the Emotions in Animals and Man

c)

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Woman

d)

The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Women

22.

What year did Darwin publish The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

a)

1872

b)

1882

c)

1892

d)

1992

23.

Darwin believed that facial expressions were ...

a)

universal

b)

not important

c)

avoidable

d)

insignificant

24.

Darwin examined the faces of ...

a)

babies

b)

babies and people in mental asylums

c)

babies, people in mental asylums and the faces of his family

d)

his crew on the HMS Beagle

25.

Darwin believed that the universality of expression (across species) was another indicator of ...

a)

evolution

b)

seratonin

c)

deformity

d)

madness

26.

What did Guillame Duchenne do in the 1800s?

a)

Worked with Darwin

b)

Worked with babies

c)

Did experiments using electrodes

d)

Was the captain of the HMS Beagle

27.

Guillame Duchenne used electrodes to force face muscles into certain ...

a)

expressions

b)

people

c)

places

28.

Though this research would be controversial today, Guillame Duchenne helped show the incredible number of ____ we have in our faces to use for expressions.

a)

muscles

b)

range

c)

marks

d)

features

29.

Animals use NVC because they do not have ...

a)

complex language skills

b)

real emotions

c)

people skills

30.

Most facial expressions are voluntary, but some are ...

a)

involuntary

b)

rude

c)

not appropriate

d)

unusual

31.

Which of these expressions ARE universally recognised?

a)

Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Fear

b)

Hunger, Thirst, Hatred, Love

c)

Embarrassment, Jealousy

32.

Which of this expressions is NOT universally recognised?

a)

Happiness

b)

Sadness

c)

Anger

d)

Embarrassment

33.

Which of this expressions is NOT universally recognised?

a)

Happiness

b)

Sadness

c)

Fear

d)

Conviction

34.

Which of this expressions is NOT universally recognised?

a)

Happiness

b)

Surprise

c)

Fear

d)

Jealousy

35.

What year did Jack et al complete their research?

a)

2001

b)

2006

c)

2009

d)

2010

36.

Where did Jack et al complete their research?

a)

Glasgow University

b)

Edinburgh University

c)

London University

d)

Manchester University

37.

Jack et al (2009) found that some facial expressions were confused across cultures, especially those for fear and surprise in ...

a)

East Africa

b)

East Asia

c)

Europe

d)

East Australia

38.

Most people recognise certain facial features, but exceptions include people with ...

a)

autism

b)

criminal records

c)

children

d)

animals

39.

Nature relates to things that are ...

a)

inherited

b)

learnt

40.

Nurture relates to things that are ...

a)

inherited

b)

learnt

41.

Nature relates to things that are ...

a)

genetic

b)

environmental

42.

Nurture relates to things that are ...

a)

genetic

b)

environmental

43.

Nature relates to things that are ...

a)

DNA

b)

Conditioning

44.

Nurture relates to things that are ...

a)

DNA

b)

Conditioning

45.

What year did Matsumoto publish his research?

a)

2001

b)

2006

c)

2009

d)

2010

46.

Where did Matsumoto gather his evidence?

a)

At the Olympic Games

b)

At the Paralympic Games

c)

At the Olympic and Paralympic Games

47.

What year were these Olympic and Paralympic Games?

a)

2001

b)

2004

c)

2009

d)

2010

48.

How many photographs of athletes were examined?

a)

3,800

b)

4,800

c)

5,800

d)

6,800

49.

Research of the athletes expressions showed that Gold medallists showed ...

a)

Fake smiles

b)

Genuine joy

50.

Silver and Bronze medallists showed ...

a)

'Social smiles'

b)

'Social Skills'

c)

'Social lives'

d)

'Social networks'

51.

'Social smiles' are smiles involving only ____ movement.

a)

mouth

b)

eye

c)

eyebrow

d)

ear

52.

'Social smiles' are usually _____

a)

genuine

b)

real

c)

artificial

d)

powerful

53.

Matsumoto also found that _____ competitors showed or controlled their emotions in the same ways as sighted competitors.

a)

Blind

b)

Sighted

c)

Older

d)

Younger

54.

Blind athletes would not be able to ____ expressions, as they would not have seen them.

a)

copy

b)

ignore

c)

have

d)

express

55.

Matsumoto's research (2009) suggests that facial expressions are ...

a)

innate

b)

learned

56.

In 1973 Eibl-eibesfeldt observed expressions in blind and sighted ...

a)

animals

b)

babies

c)

women

d)

athletes

57.

Eibl-eibesfeldt found out that deaf babies would also ...

a)

laugh

b)

sing

c)

talk

d)

cry

58.

Eibl-eibesfeldt's research suggested that facial expressions and laughter are ...

a)

inborn expressions

b)

Classical conditioning

c)

Operant conditioning

d)

Learned behaviour

59.

Two types of conditioning (for the nurture argument) are ...

a)

Classical

b)

Operant

c)

Deviant

d)

Classic

60.

In classical conditioning, babies babies learn to connect shouting with an ________ face.

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

sad

d)

excited

61.

When babies copy facial expressions, this is called ...

a)

Social Learning Theory

b)

Social Action Theory

c)

Social Network Theory

d)

Social Facial Theory

62.

In operant conditioning, if babies are ______ they will repeat certain expressions.

a)

rewarded

b)

punished

63.

Babies are rewarded with ____ for copying and repeating certain expressions.

a)

attention

b)

chocolate

c)

fizzy juice

64.

Angry faces and frowns are usually not rewarded, so these do not last until ________.

a)

adulthood

b)

adolescence

c)

marriage

65.

The general view is that facial expressions are influenced by ...

a)

nature

b)

nurture

c)

both nature and nurture