I was surprised at my results for the reading facial expressions test because of how high my score was. I received a 13/20 and I seriously believed I would get not more than a 10/20. Secondly, I have never been a social person, which I had concluded being the reason I would have gotten a low score. Which is confusing now because I got a slightly over average score, so where does the social aspect of my life work into that? I think I need to just trust my gut. Try not to overthink and analyze as I usually do. I can apply this information to my life with trusting myself to not just understand people, but in other aspects of my life. For example, if I get B for more than two answers in a row, I go back because I do not trust my answers.
Although this quiz gives you some insight into your ability to recognize emotions, but I do not find it very credible. It uses actors to recreate the emotions, which is not realistic. I also believe that a lot of those emotions pictured could have been multiple emotions. Say embarrassment could also be sadness. This quiz is very informative and helpful, but not the most credible, or academic way to measure someone’s ability to interpret facial expressions.
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Your results are accurate if you are more of an introvert. Introvert’s should get a higher score because they tend to be good at reading emotions. On the other hand, extrovert’s emotions tend to be easier to read. You are also correct in saying many emotions can appear the same. While facial displays of emotion can appear similar, physiological displays of emotion can also be very similar between different emotions. An example of this is fear and excitement. It can even be hard to distinguish whether a person really is or is not feeling a certain emotion. An example of this is joy. It can be hard to tell, especially when seeing the same person, whether their smile is genuine or not. As we learned in class, a real smile is with your eyes. To best interpret emotion, it is necessary to combine a person’s behavioral and physiological reactions as well as their self-reports of emotion. I would agree this source is not a very credible way to test someone’s ability to read facial expressions.
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