Test how well you can read facial expressions

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08-10-2006, 01:47 AM
Slacker

Test how well you can read facial expressions

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/psyc...m#introduction

I got 64%
08-10-2006, 01:57 AM
oyburger

Wow, I did horrible =46%
08-10-2006, 02:05 AM
snegledmaca

43%
08-10-2006, 02:10 AM
UDP

I got 46 too...

I don't like how they differntiated the 'negative emotions'.

Or maybe it's because I don't give a damn about specifying the difference between "contempt", "fear", "anger" and "disgust".
08-10-2006, 02:41 AM
anndelise

You correctly identified 54% of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:

Joy: you correcly identified 4 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 1 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 2 of 4
08-10-2006, 02:42 AM
Gilly

61%

Thought I'd do better.
08-10-2006, 02:44 AM
anndelise

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilligan87

61%

Thought I'd do better.

Yeah, I thought I'd do better too.

And then third pic in I realized that these seem to be students who are giving what they think they express when they feel an emotion. A few of them you could actually....feel....the emotion radiate from them..but most of them weren't.
08-10-2006, 02:46 AM
Diana

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08-10-2006, 02:47 AM
anndelise

wow Diana!!!

*bows*
08-10-2006, 02:51 AM
Diana

.
08-10-2006, 02:54 AM
meatburger

I got 70% but i did struggle with a lot of it
08-10-2006, 03:40 AM
MysticSonic

39%.

I suck.
08-10-2006, 03:45 AM
pesto

64%. Without glasses and after being awaken by loud neighbours in the middle of the night. :(
08-10-2006, 03:56 AM
Cone

57%

Quote:

Originally Posted by anndelise

And then third pic in I realized that these seem to be students who are giving what they think they express when they feel an emotion. A few of them you could actually....feel....the emotion radiate from them..but most of them weren't.

Yeah, I agree. Alot of them seemed to me like general "WTF?" expressions.
08-10-2006, 04:02 AM
Joy

I object... those people were not really feeling those emotions. Also, there was no context given at all.

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 2 of 4
Disgust: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 0 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 2 of 4
08-10-2006, 04:04 AM
Nessy

43%

The very first things I thought to watch them were all just funny.
08-10-2006, 04:43 AM
Ch4r

36%

I fail. :?
08-10-2006, 05:10 AM
UDP

Was anyone else tempted to swat those people with a rolled up newspaper?
08-10-2006, 07:28 AM
olduser

i got 43%. I was too busy being intimidated by the tough guy, curious about the shy girl, sexually interested in the all-american girl to make accurate judgements.
08-10-2006, 07:34 AM
FDG

64%

tho I don't really know the meaning of "contempt"
08-10-2006, 08:17 AM
Expat

54%.

I got 4 out of 4 for surprise right
I got 0 right for anger

I don't think the models were good actors.
08-10-2006, 02:30 PM
anndelise

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dynamicism

36%

I correctly identified Joy the most often (3/4). Fear the least (0/4). I wonder what that says about a person's own range of emotional expression.

That's an interesting thought.

For myself, my initial impressions of what someone is feeling falls into the attracted to/repulsed by dichotomy. That is the first thing that catches my attention. It's only after watching them to see what they are interacting with and how they are interacting with it that I can get a sense of further divisions. For example, joy is easy to distinguish from anger, surprise may or may not be easy to distinguish from joy/anger. And fear, anger, contempt, disgust...are all repulsed expressions.

However, as you said, this may speak about my own ranges of emotional expression.
08-10-2006, 02:42 PM
Slacker

When I got 64% I thought it SUCKED but I'm glad to see it wasn't so bad.

It's a really hard test.

I thought maybe :Fi: types would have an easier time.
08-10-2006, 04:37 PM
aurora_faerie

I agree with Joy

Plus it is also easy to read people's expression when you are actually with them, and can read the rest of their body language and voice tones.

54%
08-10-2006, 06:13 PM
Kristiina

I got 36%

But it's not my fault! They were obviously faking it. :)

I saw contempt as anger, disgust and fear. (0 right)
I saw fear as disgust, surprise and contempt. (0 right)
9 pictures looked like disgust, and I still managed to get 2/4 disgust-questions wrong. :) I got 3/4 joy-questions right! :D yay!
08-10-2006, 07:16 PM
Animal

That one girl with the glasses... was it just me, or did all her expressions look exactly the same? And the guy with the dark hair... he looked perpetually surprised.

You correctly identified 68% of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:

Joy: you correcly identified 3 of 4
Fear: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Disgust: you correcly identified 4 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 4 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 2 of 4
08-10-2006, 07:28 PM
Joy

:(
08-10-2006, 07:30 PM
Animal

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herzy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baby

That one girl with the glasses... was it just me, or did all her expressions look exactly the same? And the guy with the dark hair... he looked perpetually surprised.

YES! I seriously thought that they just repeated the same picture three times. Maybe I wouldn't mind so much if she weren't so ugly. :lol:

Lol, they all look like they need to get out in the sun more often.
08-10-2006, 07:55 PM
vague

:Fe:
08-10-2006, 07:58 PM
Joy

I don't think this test was an accurate gauge of anything
08-10-2006, 08:45 PM
Diana

.
08-10-2006, 08:52 PM
Joy

<3

yes lol
08-10-2006, 08:58 PM
vague

:Fe:
08-10-2006, 08:59 PM
Joy

:shock:

you're not having a very good day, are you vague? :lol:
08-11-2006, 05:16 AM
olduser

i get offhanded by stairing.
08-11-2006, 10:52 AM
Capitalist Pig

Quote:

You correctly identified 64% of the expressions. For each emotion expressed, your score is as follows:

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

WTF, I never got the anger right.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baby

That one girl with the glasses... was it just me, or did all her expressions look exactly the same? And the guy with the dark hair... he looked perpetually surprised.

The guy with the dark hair looks like an asshole. :wink:
08-11-2006, 11:01 AM
implied

RESULTS:

You correctly identified 46% 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 4 of 4
Surprise: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Anger: you correcly identified 2 of 4
Sadness: you correcly identified 1 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 1 of 4

so i generally don't know when i am scaring the hell out of people. great!
08-11-2006, 11:14 AM
indigoroom

100%
08-11-2006, 11:58 AM
Capitalist Pig

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigoroom

100%

Liar.
08-11-2006, 12:27 PM
indigoroom

I wasn't talking about the test
08-11-2006, 09:39 PM
ragnar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joy

I object... those people were not really feeling those emotions. Also, there was no context given at all.

Objection sustained.

Results for me, an out-of-this-world INTp math/science nerd, were rather as expected:

You correctly identified 39% 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 1 of 4
Contempt: you correcly identified 0 of 4

Greetings, ragnar
08-11-2006, 09:40 PM
Mariano Rajoy

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 0 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 3 of 4