Some Recent Research on the Effect of Facial Expressions on Emotional

question 59

Multiple Choice

Some recent research on the effect of facial expressions on emotional experience has concluded that:

• A) we can initiate emotional experience with appropriate facial expression
• B) laughter relieves depression because of what our face is doing
• C) facial expressions are learned and therefore do not reflect emotional arousal
• D) facial expressions contribute to but do not initiate emotional experience

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Definitions:

Sum

The total obtained by adding together a set of numbers or quantities.

ANOVA

Refers to Analysis of Variance, a statistical technique used to compare the means of three or more samples to find if at least one of them differs significantly.

T Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups to determine if there is a significant difference between them.

F Ratio

The ratio of variance between groups to variance within groups in an ANOVA test, used to determine if there are significant differences between groups.