disgust

Question 1

Describe the facial expression of disgust.

Answer 1

Four components of disgust expression:

-Gape face, tongue extension, upper lip retraction, and nose wrinkle

-gape face is most pronounced in response to disgusting food and body-related stimuli

-upper lip raise is most pronounced in response to moral offenses

Question 2

Describe 2 reasons that pathogen avoidance may not completely explain the emergence of disgust.

Answer 2

-Infants do not show avoidance of feces or decay orders
-Contamination sensitivity does not begin until age 4-5
-Toilet training is a difficult and extended task
-It is difficult to convince people to use sanitary practices