Deck 11: Smiling

Question 1

Which statement is correct?

A) The right side of the face is usually more animated than the left because the left cerebral hemisphere usually has a greater inhibitory effect on the face than does the right cerebral hemisphere.
B) The right side of the face is usually more animated than the left because the right cerebral hemisphere usually has a greater inhibitory effect on the face than does the left cerebral hemisphere.
C) The left side of the face is usually more animated than the right because the left cerebral hemisphere usually has a greater inhibitory effect on the face than does the right cerebral hemisphere
D) The left side of the face is usually more animated than the right because the right cerebral hemisphere usually has a greater inhibitory effect on the face than does the left cerebral hemisphere.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is not a source of evidence for the proposition that facial expressions can be instigated in a deliberate or a nondeliberate "emotional") fashion.

A) Some patients with basal ganglia damage Parkinson's patients) have difficulty smile emotionally masked face syndrome)
B) Some patients with motor cortex lesions have difficulty deliberately
C) Some patients with damage to the pathways between the cerebral cortex and brainstem pseudobulbar palsy) have difficulty suppressing facial expressions at odds with their reported emotions
D) Some patients have trouble understanding what the words deliberate and nondeliberate mean

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The upper face can move

A) Up and down but not from side to side
B) From side to side but not up and down
C) Up and to the left but not down or to the right
D) Down and to the right but not up or to the left

Answer 3

A

Question 4

As mentioned in the textbook, robots have lately been endowed with the capacity to smile and display other facial emotions. Apart from the fact that this development may add to the charm of robots,

A) It is at least conceivable that robots will be better able to recognize facial expressions in others, provided the robots can benefit from embodied cognition and perception, as humans can as discussed in other chapters of this book)
B) It is inconceivable that robots will be better able to recognize facial expressions in others, even if people rely on embodied cognition and perception, because, as seen throughout this book, there is absolutely no useful connection between robotics and human motor control
C) It is inconceivable that robots will be better able to recognize facial expressions in others because people never rely on embodied cognition and perception
D) None of the above Chapter 11 Answer Key

Question 5

The number of distinct, primary emotions is thought to be

A) One or two
B) Three or four
C) Six or eight
D) Too many to count

Question 6

If you raise your eyebrows while looking in a mirror, you will also

A) See your ears rise up because the same muscles are involved in eyebrow raising and ear raising
B) See your ears rise up because, according to Darwin's theory of evolution, humans evolved from animals and the animals with which humans share evolutionary ancestors also perk up their ears and raise their eyebrows in response to unexpected sounds)
C) See your ears raise because of mirror neurons
D) a and b

Question 7

The shortest established duration for a facial expression is

A) 2 s
B) 1 s
C) .5 s
D) 40 ms

Question 8

Based on the finding that people everywhere exhibit the same expressions for the same emotions, it has been claimed that there is a genetic basis for the link between emotion and expression. Bolstering this claim further,

A) Infants grimace when exposed to painful stimuli
B) Infants smile when exposed to pleasant stimuli
C) Infants cry for unexplained reasons
D) a and b

Question 9

Long, happy marriages provide useful data in support of the proposition that

A) Husbands and wives look happier if they have a long, happy marriage
B) Husbands but not wives look happier if they have a long, happy marriage
C) Wives but not husbands look happier if they have a long, happy marriage
D) Husbands and wives tend to develop similar faces based on years of imitation

Question 10

Memories for faces, as indexed by the ability to recognize pictures of faces, can last for

A) At least 1 year but no longer
B) At least 10 years but no longer
C) At least 50 years but no longer
D) At least 70 years and possibly longer

Question 11

The zygomatic major muscle is responsible for which expression?

A) Smiling
B) Frowning
C) Looking scared
D) Looking surprised

Question 12

Instructions to imagine sad scenes yield increased activity of the _______ muscle, whereas imagination of anger yield increased activity of the _______ muscle.

A) Angular oris, corrugator
B) Corrugator, angular oris
C) Biceps, triceps
D) Triceps, biceps

Question 13

As mentioned in the textbook, infants can imitate facial expressions within the first 36 hours of life. Someone might argue, however, that if that were correct, babies wouldn't cry for unexplained reasons. The skeptic might say that babies would always smile when their adoring parents or care-givers smile at them. Hopefully, you would reply that

A) The point of the study was to show what babies mostly do, not what they always do
B) The point of the study was to show what babies can do, not what they mostly or always do
C) The point of the study was to show that only genetically superior babies smile
D) The point of the study was to show that only genetically superior parents smile

Question 14

According to the James-Lange theory of emotion and the facial feedback hypothesis, a way to feel better is to

A) Take nice hot bath
B) Hold a pen between your teeth
C) Listen to uplifting music
D) Hang out with friend

Question 15

Patients with facial paralysis report full-blown sadness, happiness, and other emotions though their overt expressions hardly change. This outcome is problematic for

A) The James-Lange theory of emotion
B) The facial feedback hypothesis of Ekman and his colleagues
C) The hypothesis offered by Waynbaum that different facial postures selectively affect blood flow to different parts of the brain.
D) All of the above