Genuine Smile
Spot the Fake Smile
The score I received for the “spot the fake smile” activity was 18 out of 20. While deciding whether the smiles were real or fake, I watched the participant’s eyes and cheeks because in my opinion, if a smile doesn’t reach your eyes, it is not genuine. When I came to the end of the exercise, I found that what I was watching for were the right things. If I would have watched for they eyebrows dipping down, I am sure that I could have earned a better score. I learned that the different smiles are generated by different parts of the brain. Now, I can recognize which smiles are real and which are not. The process of deciding on which smiles were real or fake was interesting. I second-guessed myself multiple times, but I went with my instinct and realized at the end of the activity that my instincts were right for the most part. I thought that I would have a harder time at choosing between the fake and real smiles. At the beginning of the exercise, when it asked for my outlook on life and my optimism of differentiating between fake and real smiles, I marked myself as fairly optimistic and then poor at identifying fake smiles. When I was deciding on if the smiles were genuine or fake, I found it easier to choose when the participants were women. I assume this is because I am a woman and I know the components of my own fake smiles. On the other hand, choosing the fake smiles with the men was a little more difficult. It is hard to differentiate between the two because fake and genuine smiles are very similar. The only significant differences that I can notice are around the eyes and the eyebrows. Studies show that humans are born with primary emotions, those being: fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, and contempt. Some researchers even believe that another basic emotion is pride. All over the world, different people in different cultures can understand basic facial expressions and the situations that stimulate those responses are
The score I received for the “spot the fake smile” activity was 18 out of 20. While deciding whether the smiles were real or fake, I watched the participant’s eyes and cheeks because in my opinion, if a smile doesn’t reach your eyes, it is not genuine. When I came to the end of the exercise, I found that what I was watching for were the right things. If I would have watched for they eyebrows dipping down, I am sure that I could have earned a better score. I learned that the different smiles are generated by different parts of the brain. Now, I can recognize which smiles are real and which are not. The process of deciding on which smiles were real or fake was interesting. I second-guessed myself multiple times, but I went with my instinct and realized at the end of the activity that my instincts were right for the most part. I thought that I would have a harder time at choosing between the fake and real smiles. At the beginning of the exercise, when it asked for my outlook on life and my optimism of differentiating between fake and real smiles, I marked myself as fairly optimistic and then poor at identifying fake smiles. When I was deciding on if the smiles were genuine or fake, I found it easier to choose when the participants were women. I assume this is because I am a woman and I know the components of my own fake smiles. On the other hand, choosing the fake smiles with the men was a little more difficult. It is hard to differentiate between the two because fake and genuine smiles are very similar. The only significant differences that I can notice are around the eyes and the eyebrows. Studies show that humans are born with primary emotions, those being: fear, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, disgust, and contempt. Some researchers even believe that another basic emotion is pride. All over the world, different people in different cultures can understand basic facial expressions and the situations that stimulate those responses are