Facial Expressions Test

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Facial Expression Tests really crack me up for some reason. (Anyone else have that response?)

I got a 57%!...but only 1/4 on fear and anger.

64% for me. That girl with the glasses is REALLY hard to read.

But for the totals:
Joy 3 out of 4
Fear 3 out of 4
Disgust 3 out of 4
Surprise 3 out of 4
Anger 1 out of 4
Sadness 3 out of 4
Contempt 2 out of 4

Oh and the reason why i got so low on the Anger.... all 3 times i thought the person was feeling contempt instead of rage.
Also one or two times i mixed up contempt and disgust.
(Maybe its because contempt is not a base emotion but a mix of disgust and anger)

You correctly identified 50% of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:

Joy: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Fear: you correcly identified 0 of 4
Disgust: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 1 of 4

29%
they were actors anyway so it is moot.

Does anyone know why this is supposed to be joy and not surprise?



I don't get it.

it looks like anger to me. he looks like he is saying "are you serious buddy?!?!?!?"

54%
I seemed to confuse anger and fear.
hmmmm.......

I immediately thought "aghast" then I looked up that word.

aghast: Struck with terror, amazement, or horror.

Now that I think about it amazement seems like the correct answer me. But is amazement really closer to joy than surprise? Maybe it's joy mixed with fear like when riding a roller coaster. He doesn't look that happy though. Meh, I disagree with the person that made this test.

But I AM smiling! topic

There was no Twisted Evil option, so I chose Joy. The sides of his mouth were up like a smile. But now that I see your response I am surprised I did not choose surprise.

I got 54% but this test really is BS. these are totally out of context. If I were talking to these people and they make these ridiculous bland expressions in the context of the conversation I would better be able to tell what they were saying. I think.

57% Every face looked contemptuous to me. That's my paranoia speaking. But I was being a brat and judging pretty harshly. One girl's face did not stop subtly smiling in every picture- annoying.

I also chose surprise.

Hmmm...

I've done a bit of reading on facial expressions. I'm starting to suspect that interpreting subtle emotions in the human face is very similar to interpreting meanings in artwork. For instance, many people would extract different meanings from a painting: none of them would be "wrong" as such, but would just have different perspectives and personal interpretations of the art. Interpreting human emotions and motives is not an exact thing. That's why I doubt that emotional expression could ever be measured quantitatively.

Different people probably see the world and each other through different perceptual "lenses". Behaviour that might irritate one person may not irritate another. Different people's different frames of references, temperaments and prior social experiences probably do affect their interpretations and reactions to different social situations.

People may also try to deceive one another by masking/suppressing their true feelings by muting/substituting one facial expression for another. Others may not use such a large repertoire of facial expressions due to their underlying personalities. Social situations can quickly become complex.

There's also the issue of social context. A wrinkled nose could mean: disgust, smelling something or an itchy nose. That's why it's important to attend to the physical/verbal context of the situation as well as what the whole body is doing.

Perhaps body language is an art-form and social communication is a kind of "dance"?

From what I've been reading, there seems to be a kind of generic open-mouthed facial expression. A kind of "Oh what's that?" facial expression. That's the best way I can describe it because facial expressions predate complex language.

This opened mouthed "surprise" expression can be "coloured" with different elements: a slight smile of the opened mouth and raised eyebrows to indicate joyful surprise; wide eyes and a downturned mouth to indicate fearful surprise.

The differences between different kinds of surprise can be very subtle.

I think that's why in some cultures, fear and surprise can look very similar and difficult to tell apart for westerners. I suppose that the subtle development of facial expressions do depend on the socialisation practices within a culture. There are also individual variations in the way emotions are expressed. The way someone expresses his/her emotions individually is character.

RESULTS:

You correctly identified 50 % of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:

Joy: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Fear: you correcly identified 0 of 4
Disgust: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 1 of 4


Not bad for a faceblind person!
of course I can't do it as well if the face is in motion, like in real life...

RESULTS:

You correctly identified 54% of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:
Joy: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Fear: you correcly identified 1 of 4
Disgust: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 1 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Contempt:you correcly identified 2 of 4

Interesting... A good test too.