Chapter 8 Flashcards
What did anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ray Birdwhistell argue about facial expressions of emotion?
They could not be universal but that facial expressions of emotion had to be learned, much like a language.
What did Darwin believe about how we express our emotions?
He believed that we express emotions in our faces exactly the same way around the world, regardless of race or culture.
Universality studies
A series of studies conducted by Ekman and Friesen and by Izard that demonstrated the pancultural universality of facial expressions of emotions.
Do infants show facial expressions that signal emotional states, interest and attention?
Yes
When have discrete expressions of anger and sadness been reported in children?
2 years of age
By what age do children display all discrete expressions of emotions?
Preschool age
What is one important aspect of the basic emotions theory?
Emotions aren’t only universally expressed, but they are universally recognized.
What are the 6 universal expressions?
Anger Disgust Fear Happiness Sadness Surprise
T/F: there were many more similarities in the responses across the cultures than there were differences, providing evidence for universal, psychobiological emotional patterning in subjective response.
true
