1a) How good are people at detecting when someone is presenting a deceiving emotion (e.g., when they are lying)? 1pt
1b) How much better are professionals, whose job may require them to be able to spot when someone is trying to deceive them?
2) Give 2 facts about facial expressions of emotion that support the hypothesis that they are strongly affected by Nature (ie there is a genetic/evolutionary component to them).
3a) How good are polygraph tests at detecting when someone is lying?
3b) What body system do lie-detectors use to judge who is guilty and who is innocent? Give an example of the specific information lie-detectors measure.
3c) Why is this information unreliable how does it cause errors in the polygraph results?
4a) Reena is sitting in the waiting area outside of her bosss office and is looking worried and defeated. Shes worried that her boss is angry with her, and shes afraid hes going to yell at her, or maybe even demote her. Based on what you have learned about facial expressions of emotion, what can Reena do to change the uncomfortable emotion(s) shes experiencing as she waits?
4b) Briefly explain why this will affect the negative emotion(s) she is feeling.
5) Research has found that, when left alone in a mostly empty, boring room, participants will push a button, even though they were just told that pushing it would give them an electrical shock. How can we explain this using what we know about our physiology and how it motivates our behavior?
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