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Sunday, December 24, 2006

Is that a real smile?

Think you're good at reading people?

Can you spot a fake smile?

Try this experiment and see if you can call the fakes.

Fun even if you aren't interested in psychology.

:)

26 comments:

  1. I SO rock!!! 16 out of 20 :)
    I always knew that I was good at this.

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  2. 12 out of 20. Not bad :)

    What did you get, Ezzie?

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  3. Eh. That's what happens when you're in a rush... 15/20. But three of the five I got wrong I was undecided... :)

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  4. Wow. I bombed. But of those I got, most were fake...

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  5. 15 out of 20. Not bad. Helps to be a fundraiser. See right through the BS smiles...

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  6. Ouch, my second failed test (first one being my driving test)...11/20...guess I'm not as good at reading people as I thought...

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  7. terrible, but I've never been good at testing.

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  8. I got 15/20, better than I thought I would actually.

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  9. Ow, I'm bad at this! 10/20

    I look at people's eyes when they smile...I still say half of those "genuine" smiles look fake. Their eyes are not smiling!

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  10. Chana, I look at the eyes, too. :)

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  11. 17/20 the second time, when I actually took some time... weirdly, I got three wrong that I think I got right the first time.

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  12. i thought it was the eyes that give it away too. but then i try to look at the overall face as well for other giveaways.

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  13. Some jerk their heads when they're genuine - they're clearly smiling *at* something/someone or other.

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  14. yeh and some look more spontaneous.

    hard to tell though. i remember studying a unit on facial expressions in psychology. without context it's sometimes hard to tell.

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  15. woohoo! 16/20
    that bit at the end about the different muscles used for real vs fake smiles is pretty cool.
    now, the real question is: can people tell when YOU'RE faking?

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  16. 12/20. Actually, I expected worse. Part of the problem with the test is that I didn't know the people at all, didn't know the context. In real life, I think, people are actually BETTER at these things, because they have clues as to what's happening and what they can expect.

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  17. The way I always knew if a smile was genuine was if it lingered on their face for a little bit after.

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  18. Ditto to KollelMama. What did y'all put down for the question at the end? I actually put down eyebrows (although I wanted to say shoulders/Adam's apple for guys/lingering aspect).

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  19. I did pretty well, I scored 17/20.

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  20. 19/20. I got the third one wrong. I looked at the eyes. It was fairly obvious that way. Fun stuff- thanks for posting it! :)(that is a real smile by the way)

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  21. 16/20...I think that is pretty good. I like to think I am fairly good at reading people. (It helps a lot in dating...) :D

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  22. I got 17 out of 20. I really should have gotten 18 out of 20 because i did not realize you are supposed to play the smiles until i got through a few of them already. Thanks for the link. That was fun.

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