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 Online Games and Quizzes

Can you spot a fake smile? Take the test
Facial Perception Test: Is your ideal mate an introvert or extrovert?
Facial Expressions Test
Duchenne vs Social Smiles can you tell the difference?
Change the Facial Expressions of this Cartoon Face
Put these faces in order from least to most attractive
On a scale of one to ten, rate the faces for attractiveness
Rate faces according to their similarity

Do it to learn: Control the computerized facial expressions
Guess personality characteristics by looking at faces
Blind Relatives Prove Facial Expressions are Inherited-Scientific American
Facial Expressions of Emotion are Innate Not Learned- Science Daily
Bicameral Images reveal our two selves. Who would YOU vote for?
 

Supplemental Reading (Not required)

Facial Expressions Ekman, P. (1999) Facial Expressions
In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Pp. 301-320. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Download PDF Version

 

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Videos


 Desmond Morris: The Language of the Body  The Human Animal
Because Desmond Morris refers to humans as "naked apes, "  he begins with two naked
individuals walking in a public place. If you are  viewing this video in public, it might be best to
fast forward it through the brief introduction.

Desmond Morris-The Human Animal Study Questions
Nonverbal Students are Required to Fill out the Study Questions

How do different cultures express nonverbal communication?
How can you detect liars?
How can you tell a real vs. a fake smile?
What is a gesture frontier?
What is the connection between laughter and pain?
 

Culture: Student Project on Japanese Body Language

 

Chapter Four
A Look at Cheerleading
How might an outsider view this nacirema behavior?

 

Chapter 4:  Lookism --The Unspoken Prejudice
Reinforces how people who are attractive have advantages

 Embedding is disabled-follow the link to watch

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaLKIB7s-oY
 

Chapter 4
Fat or Fiction: Mauritania in Africa-Force Feeding of Girls Because Fat is Beautiful
Reinforces the nonverbal concepts of body image

 

Chapter 4: An Italian Ad Campaign Against Anorexia
Emphasizes nonverbal concepts of body image

Can't embed this video so follow the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2mfWDryPE&feature=related

 

Chapter 4
The Human Face --Beauty 1 of 6

 
 

Chapter 4
The Human Face --Marquart -Beauty Research 2 of 6


 

Chapter 4
The Human Face-- 3 of 6
The Role of Make-up-reinforcing health & sex
Why are athletes good-looking -symmetry

 

Chapter 4 - The Human Face 4 of 6
Man with facial cancer who has no eye
Marquart explains why he became a plastic surgeon
Golden Ration 1:1.618

 

Chapter 4 --The Human Face 5 0f 6
The beauty mask; Tanning; Biological explanation for preferring
pale skin, Youth and health beauty connection, Mating selection


 

Chapter 4--The Human Face  6 of 6
Face in old age shows about your character


 

The Evolution of Beauty
How a model goes from what she really looks like to what we see in advertising
 

 

Chapter 6--Facial Expressions
Reading facial expressions, Ekman and Matsumoto and cultural studies
Facial Action Coding

 

Chapter 6- Facial expressions
Can the smile in a photograph predict the happiness in life?
Research by Dr. Keltner

 

Chapter 6: The Face
Laughter Club in India

 

Chapter 6: Facial Expressions
Soldiers Surprising Their Loved Ones

 

 

Watch this video on Michelle Obama's Inaugural Dress

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6399787

 

Taboo: National Geographic
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/taboo

These videos on taboo intercultural behaviors cannot be embedded but follow the link to watch:

Click on the "Videos" tab under the word "Taboo" (not the one up top)

Body Modification--Women with Long Necks Covered By Rings
Marked for Life
Extreme Rituals
Rites of Manhood
Sexual Identity
Skin Deep

 

 

 

 

   Dr. Lynn Meade