The facial feedback hypothesis expresses that an individual's emotional state can be influenced due to the change of one's facial expression that is associated with a particular emotion. The mimicking of a facial expression is based on an emotion that can induce a positive (smile) or negative (frown) feeling (Nevid, 2015, p. 306). However, forcing a smile is not that same as a genuine smile (“Duchenne smile”), and therefore, will only provide a temporarily positive emotional state. Nevertheless, if a person is down, a quick, positive stimulus might be exactly what a person needs at that moment (p. 306).
In advancement, I don't believe that an individual's emotional state can be altered by solely changing one's facial expression as emotions are too complex in nature (p. 307). I suppose I've always associated with displaying fake emotions as deceiving; I much prefer raw and honest emotions than that of false happiness and overall emotional suppression. However, I'll try to remain impartial for this experiment, but then again, I suspect that there will be no notable changes my participant's emotions. …show more content…
For the duration of the test, the individuals of Group 1 continuously made silly faces, which, of course, made the other participants laugh, thereby, putting everyone in a better mood. The individuals of Group 2 made it a competition to see who could withhold a smile the longest, and again, this put everyone else in a better mood. With that said, I discovered that the average rating of Group 1 was about 5, while the rating of Group 2 was about 4.5. All things considered, I'm sure the results of my experiment are
In advancement, I don't believe that an individual's emotional state can be altered by solely changing one's facial expression as emotions are too complex in nature (p. 307). I suppose I've always associated with displaying fake emotions as deceiving; I much prefer raw and honest emotions than that of false happiness and overall emotional suppression. However, I'll try to remain impartial for this experiment, but then again, I suspect that there will be no notable changes my participant's emotions. …show more content…
For the duration of the test, the individuals of Group 1 continuously made silly faces, which, of course, made the other participants laugh, thereby, putting everyone in a better mood. The individuals of Group 2 made it a competition to see who could withhold a smile the longest, and again, this put everyone else in a better mood. With that said, I discovered that the average rating of Group 1 was about 5, while the rating of Group 2 was about 4.5. All things considered, I'm sure the results of my experiment are