Ella w6 - (generalisability) Facial Expression Flashcards
What is needed for facial expressions to be considered generaliable?
For facial expressions to be generalisable they must be expressed and perceived the same way across people and situations.
Why has the study of blind people been cited as evidence of generalisability ?
As blind participants have not had the ability to watch others, they represent participants that have not leant facial expressions from those in their environment
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How was this evidence found?
by comparing the emotional expressions of blind athletes after winning or losing in sport with non-blind athletes
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What were the findings?
similarities facial similarities for both groups indicating a biological basis for facial expressions.
A biological basis would imply generalisability
For facial expressions to be generalisable they must be universal. What does this mean?
They must appear across cultures.
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How was the study conducted with the Hima people?
The emotional expressions of the Hima people were compared to Americans.
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Why are Hima people useful for studying generalisability ?
Because they have limited exposure to emotional expression outside of their culture
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What two tasks were used in the Hima research ?
Free labelling and anchored sorting
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What were the findings of the Hima study ?
findings saw some similarity for emotions such as fear and happiness but much more variability for all other measures
