We have been discussing lately the topic of genetics and what lies within in us. Nature versus nurture has long been scientific debate. So many times I have had people come up to me (even complete strangers) and tell me to smile because I look so angry. This has always bothered me because most of the time when they say this I don't even mean to look mad. When I think of my mother when I was growing up, I remember a particular face that she made and she looked like she was angry when in fact she was just being herself. Did I inherit this trait from her or did I learn it? What do you think?
Is it fair to judge someone's character by the facial expressions they make? Scientists say that 90% of us believe that we can judge a person's character by reading the expression on their face. In fact, they even go as far to say that when we are seeking a potential mate, we judge facial expressions more than actual "personality".
But our judgements may prove correct. Some scientists are beginning to believe that our genes for personality are reflected in facial expressions.
Take the two tests:
Face Perception 1
Face Perception 2
After you have finished the two tests, read the article on Facial Prejudice and post your comments.
Some topics you may want to consider when posting...
1. How do I think people perceive my own facial expressions?
2. Do first impressions really count?
3. Is there really a difference in they way we perceive the same facial expression on a boy and a girl?
4. Your conclusions about the relationships between human instinct and facial expressions.
I look forward to reading your posts!
87 comments:
When I had to pick the female that looked like she talks alot her face was more like a frown. It was kind of difficult to pick the right one for the question because you had to study the faces more closely because the faces looked almost exactly the same. Also when you had to judge yourself on how you think u looked and how you live your life. Whether its by talking to your friends playing sports outside or anything that has to keep you active.
When i picked female she looked like she had a slight smile on her face.When i picked the female they all looked like the same face to me.When asked me to pick, if the girl was lazy,hard working it was hard because they look like they were both lazy and hard working.You change the what you look like by hanging out with freinds or just by having fun.One way you can tell if the person is happy or not is by the eyes or by looking at the expression on there face.
I don't think first impresions count at all. The reason why is because someone could be really nice and then after a while the can be really mean. So first impresions don't always count. The first thing that counts is to know the person.
No I don't think that first impressions really count. On a website they said that first impressions do count but I think the opposite, I think they don't count because before you get a good impression on someone you should actually get to know them instead of automaticly thinking bad or good about them. I also don't think there is a diffrence in the way we perceive the same facial expression on a boy and girl. My conclusions about the human relationships between human instinct and facial expressions are that is that I think that it's just instinct to read other people's facial expressions.
I think that the facial impressions is a huge part in how people can tell how you feel.Like if your feeling bad and your smiling people think your feeling good so thats why I think that your facial impression is a huge part in how people know how you feel.
The tests were very interesting and difficult because the women looked almost identical.I always picked the girl who was in some way looked like she was smiling.I liked when you had to judge yourself because you described what you think about yourself and just not your looks. The charts when you finished where interesting too because it showed what other people were like and who they thought which person was more attracting.I really like this activity and that it really showed traits or characteristic of your want-to-be boyfriend/girlfriend.
When I had to do the facial expression quiz I was really surprised at how easy it was to figure out if the person was extrovert or if they were right for me. I hope people can not access my personal thoughts and feelings through my expression! Expessicaly not my parents! When you meet someone for the very first time whether you think they are cute or butt ugly, the image of them stays in your mind, like it or not. I think we should pay extra close attention to our expressions and attitude or it might affect our relatonships!
People may think that your facial expression is the way you look or that you are mad at some thing. I think first impressions counts in some ways because if you go on a date and you are mad or you hair is messy the person on the date won't want to go out with you again. I think you sould get to know the person before you judge people. I think your blog is a fun way to catch up in class. I like the information and the face preception tests.
I think that the first impression really does count. Before you judge som one you should actually know them so they dont get offended. If they get offended then they wont like it.
Yo I think that first impressions do count and that they really show alot about a person. Also I think there is a difference between a male and female's facial expressions. In facial expressions I believe that human instinct relects them.:]
I thought it was very intresting picking the faces. It was hard with what to pick because thay alwmosed looked the same. It was COOL looking at the ratings that you want four your mate.
I really think a first impression counts. If you were a dad, and your daughter wanted to date a man, you would want to see him. the first impression seems to be the deciding factor. I personally think that people would percive me as dark, quiet, and quite anti-social. Dark maybe. Quiet definately. Anti-social, not at all. That's why the phrase, "Never judge a book by its cover" is still valid.
There does not seem to be a difference in faces with booys and girls, and how we percive them. With either gender, the face types have the same stereotype. To end my blog, I would like to say that this was a very interesting experience.
When you first meet someone I think it is important to make a good first impression. Your first impression is based on how the world sees you, and how you pretty much see the world. For example, if you are farely shy, then you will want to represent that in yourself when presenting or talking about yourself. If you are just the way you want to be and don't have to put on a "fake face" people will eventually warm up to you and start to like you. But, if you are a teenager, and are happy most of the time, don't try to hang out with people that are your total opposite. In coclusion, I think first impressions are very important in our society.
In response to Addisons comment... I totally agree that it was easier to pick the one who looked liek they were smiling. It made them look so much more intersting and friendly, if only everyone was like that... do you agree with me?
Replying to Lexie's comment I think that it was actually very difficult to chose which person because they were digitally remade.I didn't say that they were easy to choose but everybody makes mistakes.8P
From the face choice, I got most of them wrong. It was probably because I can't look at someone and know how they act. Some people can and I can too, but you should never judge someone on how they look. I would not judge on someone's feminine appearence to be a kind appearence. To me it is just wrong!!
I think the human instict is to judge a person by their facial expression. Like if I meet a new person and they had a frown on their face I would think they are a mean person. I also think that first impressions aren't important because people probably aren't acting themselves because they are trying to impress you.
When I was going through the girl section I could not if that the girl was a talking girl and a fighting girl.When I was picking the girl I had to see which one was a working girl and a lazy girl.These faces are hard too tell which one is a worker,or a lazy girl.When there making a normal face you can not tell the differents between the too girls.Know can you tell the differents between the people if you can you are a lucky person.Thanks ms Winzeler for the comment but look at james he is not doing any work.
In response to Lexie's comment I agree that it was easier to pick the one who looked like they were smiling. The ones that where smiling looked more friendly then the people that where not.
When I took the test I really couldn't tell which face I wanted to pick.When i was looking for a guy it was hard because i couldn't tell what his personality was like! We finally got to know each other and his personality was just like mine! We finally got together again one morning,and we broke up it was hard to understand why and we are still having some problems. Hopefully everything weill work out and who knows we might even get back together soon!Just remember your first impression will alawys count!
In response to Addison's newest comment to mine. It seems to me that whether or not I thought it was easy was not the question. It was " do you belive that when a person smiles it makes them look friendly and more interesting" but thats ok everyone makes mistakes :p
I think some faces are hard to tell if there happy or sad. I think the first impression count's because even though we were brought up to never judge a book book by its cover we should always use that trick that we learnt in our evolutionary past. No there is not a differece between girls and boys facial perception because girls and boys can have both feminine and masculine face expressions.I think human instits and face expressions are the same to,because our insticts is to have that facial characterist so that why I think that human instict and face expressionare the same.
I think that people shouldn't be judged by the way they look but how they act like their personality. For example if you think someone is ugly I think you get to know them before you say you're not going to be their friend. I know that it does happen in the world. When we had to chose the faces it was very interesting because we were looking at the same person but at the same time it was diffrent pictures of the faces.
In response to Lexie A.'s comment (the 2nd one), I disagree. I really think that just a smile does not make them seem friendlier, and only slightly more interesting. NOTE: You spelled "like" wrong. No offense.
I think that som eof my facial expressions can be a little evil looking sometimes even whern i'm not really trying to make faces. I think that first impressions do count sometimes becaues some peoples faces you can kind of tell how that person reacts just by looking at them. Then again first impressions sometimes don't count because you can't always tell how a person acts just by looking at them, the only way you tell how a person acts is if you get to know them. I think that there's not really a big difference in how boys and girls facial expression looks because we all sprt of make the same faces weather if we are a boy or a girl. Human instinct and facial expressions are sort of the same thing to me, because human instincts is sort of like doing things when you don't mean to do them like, when you look mean but don't mean to look mean. Facial expressions are like making all sorts of faces like people make faces to show how they feel or what they may think of something, like when you try a new food and it taste so disgusting, you'll probably make a squinched up face. So that's what I think of all those facial expressions and human instincts.
In response to Amanda's comment I think the human instict is to judge a person by their facial expression.Her comment is so true
In response to Caroline's comment I think the whole date thing is so true.
I know that you all are excited and I am excited to be doing this...but remember to post thoughtful comments and don't get too crazy.
So Cameron why do you think the females looked crazy!!!!!!!
To tell you the truth I don't think that we should judge people by their face.Would you like it someone looked at you and thought that you were a bad person,but you could be the nices person in the world. That's why I don't judge people on the outside, but on the inside is what counts.
Addison !! It's rude and cruel to say that people in this class need to take typing classes. I think people can take what ever class they would like. They might be in band and have more talent then you. Not saying you have no talent ;).
Ms. Winzeler I highly disagree with you because we are all kids and deserve fun!I think that we have all worked hard today.8)
Great article James
I think Ms.Winzeler's blog rocks!!!
I liked the determending of the woman's face, like picking which one was extraversion, conscientiousness,and also agreeableness, openness to experience, and neuorticism. It was preety hard to determine which one was it out of the two. People around when they look at you they see your mood and expression on your face.But, I think I am conscientiousness by hard working and I am very careful.I believe in first impressions. A first impression I think Its very important to make a good one because its the way people look at you and your face expression for the first time.As ending my blog I think I learned alot about face expressions and different moods.
Most people can look at Ms. Winzler and think that she is a mean person but she is not.Because Ms. Winzeler look's gooooooooood. But in a friendly way
In response to Ashly .F’S comment stating “I don't think first impressions count at all”, I highly disagree! I believe that the first impression counts very much. Because when I went into a Chinese restaurant, I saw a little girl having a temper tantrum, then the next day I went back into the restaurant and sow the girl again and she was as sweet as could be but she but no matter how many times I sow that girl I always remember that first day when I mat her more than any time I sow her and she was being a brat. Although I don’t like the natural habit, it still happens everywhere. So if you know you will meat someone you should act and especially look your best!
I think people's first expresions do count. It shows what a person thinks about you and wether or not they want to talk to you again. I personally dont care what someones first impresion is becouse I've only began to know them. But most people go more on first impresions than anything else.
I think that we should not judge people by their faces. They might be real nice and you not even know it. Someone could like everything you like and you would not talk to them because of their looks.
I think that first impressions do count a LOT if you can connect on more than one topic and get along grate you could have a possabel friendship with them as for others, well you can't change there minds they have there own free will.
I don't think it is right to judge someone on a first impression. You never know, you might take a look at someone for the first time and say, oh that person is not attractive, I would never go on a date with him/her. And later on in life you might find that person to be really fun to hang out with, and maby even start to see them as attractive.
I thought that was quite interesting and disturbing in a way how whe like had to choose the better face in the first quiz.I ended up being extraverted(no surprise)Kudos to your blog Ms. Winzeler:).
I do think first impressions count if someone gives you a glare you automatically know they dont like you.If someone smiles it tells you people would like to know you ar don't have any wrong ideas about you. In other words first impressions do count.
to me facial expressions tell a lot about a person no matter what.
(WOW..That was long) LOL:D
Lexie a. you said that "you hope that other people can acces your thoughts". Well what about if you like someone and wounder if they like you back?
I belive that you should open up your mind once and a while to your friends family anyone you trust. Express your self in privet meetings don't limet your thoughts to yourself.
I agree with Terry s. because he
said "you should not judge people on their first expression because you just met them".If you judge someone by their first expression you will not be yourself around that person. If you really want to get to know someone, it is good to take it slow and take your time to learn abou them and what they are like. Most people never get the chance to make good freinds because they judge them on the first thing they see that person do. You don't know what someone is like until you take the time to meet with them. The bottom line is if you want to make friends, don't judge them by their first expression.
Caroline O. said," think first impressions counts in some ways because if you go on a date and you are mad or you hair is messy the person on the date won't want to go out with you again. I think you sould get to know the person before you judge people." i think that actually makes sense and i also think she has a point. i wouldn't want to go out on a date with a guy who glares at me i mean who would.
The fases looked almost alike in the face test.But there is a slit diferins betoon the two it was touf finding it but I did.Ones I found the difrens it was a bares.
Austin I disagree with you becouse You will always remember the first day you met someone.
PS: Did I spell your name corectly?
I think that people percieve my own facial expresions as pleasant. I am always smiling and happy. I think people feel comfortable around me. However, I do not believe in first impressions, nor do I think you can judge a book by its cover. I think it is important to get to know someone before you judge their character. You never know what that person has faced through their life thus far. I also think that the relationship between human instinct and facial expressions does affect how partners choose each other to a certain degree in the beginning of a relationship, but I also think that relationships last because of good communication skills.
I totally agree with what "James B" said, he is right people should think about the persons feelings before judging them on there facial appearance and decide if they would be a good female for you so you should look towards their personality! Also you still want her to look attractive but only if her personality matches yours and you think that you two would get along and not argue!
I dont think people should only be judged by there facial appearance but by there personality too. Im not saying to ONLY look at there personality because you want someone to look GOOD also!! My partner would be VERY ATTRACTIVE! The only difference I could tell between the women in the two different pcture's was that one face looked like a man with long hair tied up and the looked a little bit more like a girl.this activity fun and worth the experience and i learned a bit more about how to judge women.i also learned some new words: INTROVERT & EXTROVERT.
I represent Austin W. I do not thing that the first impression counts at all. Sometimes people might have a bad day or something could have happened to them or anybody alse. Sometimes when I go shopping with my mom, the cashier looks mad but when you talk to him/her they turn out to be nice and helpful. On the test the faces where almost the same and it was hard to decide between the two persons. I also think that the way people look is most nature and just a little bit nuture.
I think faces are good because you can be angry or happy. For example,if your friend is sometimes a little happy or angry that mens he is mad happy. Faces can be used in any way a person feels. If your happy your friend thinks your faking it. I think faces can be used a lot of way's like happy, sad, mad,unhappy or maybe all of them can be used a lot. It is good to have a nice face because if you don't have a nice face than your friend will not know if your happy, sad, mad or even glad.
2:amanda l.
i agree with you that it is in our nature to judge a person by what the look like and how they are. Everyone does i'm even guilty of it.i also agree about the facial expression reactions you were talking about.it was good.
Allen H., you may not be with that persson forever
lol austin s very funny
In response to Lexie A's comment, she says "I hope people can not access my personal thoughts and feelings through my expression." I totally agree with her because it would not be fair if people thought what you were thinking. I wouldn't want my parents to know what I think all the time. I believe that if you want someone to know your personal thoughts then you should tell them. I also think that accessing someone's personal thoughts is total disrespect and that wouldn't be fair to anyone.
(Thanks for the expirence to let me know what I should look for in a mate.) (This has been so fun and know I feel I am with the right person.)
Samantha W.
On the screen that i just read it seems to me that your face impressions can show a lot on who you are and how you are felling at the time. If your mad or felling down most people can tell. That is a big problom for me because i dont like when people know im mad or felling down.If you go to one of your friends it is probily easy to find out how there felling.Some people try to hide there insprestions but that really doesn't work.
Austin you spelled person wrong. Ha Ha Ha!!!
In response to James B's comment i most definitley agree with what he says about not judging a book by its cover. He states " How would you like it if somone thought you were a bad person by a facial expression but you were the nicest person in the world" The way i would feel would be along the lines of put down in self esteem. His way of putting things is very descriptive and i like the way he wants to stay on that line of living with the phrase "dont judge a book by its cover."
In response to Barbara H's comment she says "When you see someone glare at you than you know they may not like you, when you see someone smile at you than you get a vibe that they are friendly" i can understand what she means because i have encountered someone either glaring at me or smiling at me before. She also says that first expression do count. I somewhat agree with this and i somewhat don't. I do because sometimes i feel that way about when people look at me for the first time. I dont agree because sometimes with certain people you cant just "judge a book by its cover."
The tests were really difficult. It was very difficult picking the female because most of the pictures were all the same. Most of them had no happy emotion on there face. It was really hard to pick the female. But in my opinion I don't think first impressions count.
The reason for that is because that person could have had a rough day and was a little stessed or maybe a death in the family etc. But that dosen't make that person be mean. They could really bea nice enjoyable person to around and have fun with.
Sam yours was really good!!!!
Dear Tyler I agree with you happy now that i read your statement
Pssee you on the bus
a sarha that a little long for me but i like yours better than mine
Sarah I only read your first sentence because yours is to long but I do agree with you!
james b. i think what your comment is absolutely correct but just because everyone else is saying so.
I don't think that first impressions don't count, because someone may of been having a bad day. Also because some people get all worked up about there first impression and end up lossing all of there money or stop eating to get skinnyer. Some people also dn't really care about first impressions because they think that they should do alot of things and not turn out how you want it to. When you are trying to make your impression dont get all worked up about it and relax. So that you don't imbaris yourself.
I agree with Ashly F. Because if we judge somebody before getting to know them.Then we miss ou on maybe meeting a reaaly good person.We shouldn't always have a frown on.You should get out of your shall.Maybe someone has a frown on and you do to then you should smile and who knows it could brighten your day and theirs also.But I'm not saying you should always be perky.You might like that person.But you need to get to know them before making a comitment.Well that is if you like them.
Boyd you will not be with that person for ever so that is why you should start off as friends frist so you could get to know each other so you could see if it would work out.
trvis nice comment
after the personality test of your "dream" guy or girl I didnt know that we would have to judge these people by thier facial expressios and their looks. I would be pretty embarased if these were actual people and I had to judge them on their looks because you cant just automatically see their personality through their looks. For my sole mate I would like him to be educated and you cant tell that from a simple photograph. I know i wouldn't want to be judged like that from a really bad photo. My crush gets goofy haircuts but i still like him because of his personality and because of our compatibility and that you can't see in a simple picture! so the old saying still aplies: "dont judge a book by its cover."
When I looked at the guys they all appeared to look the same.I think that you shouldn't be judged by your facial expressions. It is hard to judge a person by their facial expressions because you have no idea who they are until you meet them and get to know them. There expressions on a persons face is totally different from there personality.
First impressions are valuable. However, it is not merely the visual that strikes most people, but rather a combination of factors upon meeting someone - do you not agree? At that first meeting, a certain part of the brain responds to the visual images and others the nonvisual (voice, smell, touch...)It is all of this that creates that lasting "first impression".
I do believe genetics plays a part; many of us resemble other family members when we laugh, smile,hold our heads a certain way, smile (or frown in Ms. Winzeler's case)...you get the picture. I have enjoyed reading your posts, students. Ms. Winzeler - kudos for encouraging your students to see beyond what is on the surface...just as you do every day!
It was fun we had to tell whether the smile was ture or not. But the test's we had to do were kind of hard. I don't thank that you should judge people by there look's. You sould judge them by there personalit. So I prity much agree with Samantha W, and Lexie A.
When I did the face test thing it was hard because all of the peole looked almost the same. I dont think you should judge people on thier facial expresions, but on thier personality. I also think that you should get to know them before you say something about them. The test did get easier though as I got the hang of studing thier faces.
Haley M.
It is very hard to judge a person by how they look. You need to get to know them before you decide or judge them by how they look. Besides it is not how they look on the outside it is how they are on the inside. If you ask me it is rude to judge a person by how they look without getting to know them. It was also really hard when we had to judge ourselves because we had to judge how we acted for that. To me the hardest question was if you were attractive or not, that was a hard one to answer.
I thought at the begining that the person on the facial test thing was going to be the person that you would marry. But besides that everything else was alright.
P.S Kat V those pictures were actual people. o tay
What i for got to add to my last comment was that adam b and kat v were right DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER O TAY
just so i could make this the 80 comment of the day everybody that posted a blog did pretty good and keep up the goooooooooooooooooood work o tay
gaara
Something we can do to help the scholl is to maybe take time out in each day and recycle everything
Ms.Winzeler I saw that in Room 210 a boy was having a problem with asthma because the schools weren't clean enough and he nor the school are getting enough air. I also noticed that outside 2 kids were kicking a socker balll back and forth towards each other. As they were kicking the ball they were kicking dirt up from the ground which cause lead because they spray pesticides in the dirt to kill the bugs and the pesticides can be carried inside of the school from the bottom of students shoes which can cause students to get terribly and seriously sick.
P.S: Chelsey Parker
No way! You can't do that! People shouldnt judge a book by it's cover! If you walk down the stree and see a person wiht a forwn ont heir face =[ you automaticly think that they are mad and or upset about somehting. On the flip side you could have some time who have a face built that always smiles, but maybe they arnt really all thjat happy?=] But all-in-all don't judge people by a first impression!
You don't have aface that looks liek your mad....
This is such a cool blog!!=p
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Dear Ms. Winzeler,
Hi, i was wondering if the jetlac hit u yet? Have you studied any butterflies, if so how many have you studied? Keep us filled in so we can ask anything we need to.
Samantha W.
This Blog is seen by everyone and I don't think some of the things being written pertain to anything havine to do with the given topic. Adison, you are very disrespectful to Ms. Winzeler.
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