The study of emotion brings to light a vast array of views on its causes and functions. Among these is the view that facial expressions are capable of influencing our emotions ultimately known as the facial feedback hypothesis. This hypothesis emerged from a review of a culmination of several studies. In order to better understand this hypothesis it is necessary to look at its emergence. When it comes to the facial feedback hypothesis, one of the first people to build the foundation of this view was Darwin in his book the expression of emotions in man and animals (Darwin, 1872). In this book, he expressed the contention that emotions which are freely expressed become intensified. Contrastingly, his view was that an emotion whose expression
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To begin the experiment, subjects first received a rating form for use in rating the funniness of cartoons. Next, the researcher told the participants that they would hold a pen in their lips while rating 15 provided cartoons. The scale of the rating ranged from ‘not at all funny’ to ‘extremely funny’. The researcher informed the participants that at the end of the rating they would have to fill out an adjective rating form. At this point, the researcher demonstrated one of the two ways of holding the pen. In the first condition, the pen was instructed to be held tightly between the lips and sticking straight out, while not touching the teeth of the subject. This condition received a classification of the lips condition. With the second condition, the pen was instructed to be held gently between the teeth and sticking straight out, while not allowing their lips to touch the pen. This was classified as the lips condition. Out of the four participants for the study, one male and one female were placed in both the lips and teeth condition. Once the individual participant was placed into one of these two conditions they were shown the cartoons one at a time to allow time to properly rate each. After the participants finished rating the cartoons, they received an adjective rating form to fill out. The form contained several positive and negative mood adjectives, which the participants rated from ‘definitely do not feel’ to ‘definitely feel’. Furthermore, there was an overall mood rating that ranged from -10 to
To begin the experiment, subjects first received a rating form for use in rating the funniness of cartoons. Next, the researcher told the participants that they would hold a pen in their lips while rating 15 provided cartoons. The scale of the rating ranged from ‘not at all funny’ to ‘extremely funny’. The researcher informed the participants that at the end of the rating they would have to fill out an adjective rating form. At this point, the researcher demonstrated one of the two ways of holding the pen. In the first condition, the pen was instructed to be held tightly between the lips and sticking straight out, while not touching the teeth of the subject. This condition received a classification of the lips condition. With the second condition, the pen was instructed to be held gently between the teeth and sticking straight out, while not allowing their lips to touch the pen. This was classified as the lips condition. Out of the four participants for the study, one male and one female were placed in both the lips and teeth condition. Once the individual participant was placed into one of these two conditions they were shown the cartoons one at a time to allow time to properly rate each. After the participants finished rating the cartoons, they received an adjective rating form to fill out. The form contained several positive and negative mood adjectives, which the participants rated from ‘definitely do not feel’ to ‘definitely feel’. Furthermore, there was an overall mood rating that ranged from -10 to