Thursday, June 25, 2015
"You Can Perceive Personality from Faces"
In chapter 8, the book discusses that we can perceive personalities from faces. In my own opinion, I do not think this is entirely true. Often people think that I am "in a bad mood" or "miserable" simply because I am not smiling. While this is rarely the case, I just have a naturally "mean looking" face as I like to say. Just because someone is not smiling does not mean they are angry or miserable. I can see why people perceive people with happy smiles as more happy, but is this always really the case? I do not think people's facial expressions determine what kind of person they are at all. Some say it is those who actually smile the most, hurt more (emotionally).
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I have to agree with you that not all personalities can be perceived from looking at someones face. I though this chapter was very interesting but as you said when someone has a blank face or is not showing any emotion that doesn't mean they are in a bad mood. Generally, people that smile and laugh are happy but as you also stated it's those people who are hurting as well. Many people choose to hide their emotions and pretend to be happy when they are around other people so we can't generalize peoples personalities by the expression on their faces.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you that not all personalities can be perceived from looking at someones face. I though this chapter was very interesting but as you said when someone has a blank face or is not showing any emotion that doesn't mean they are in a bad mood. Generally, people that smile and laugh are happy but as you also stated it's those people who are hurting as well. Many people choose to hide their emotions and pretend to be happy when they are around other people so we can't generalize peoples personalities by the expression on their faces.
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