The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-expression-of-the-emotions-in-man-and-animals

1. What is the publication date?
2. What is the core emotional states identified?
3. What did Charles Darwin study in his book "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals"?
4. Why did Darwin use photographs in his research?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the publication date?1872
2. What is the core emotional states identified?Happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust
3. What did Charles Darwin study in his book "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals"?He looked at how people and animals show feelings like happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust, and how these faces are similar across species.
4. Why did Darwin use photographs in his research?He used photos to show real pictures of faces, so he could study and share how emotions look in people and animals.

Biological Determinism: The belief that human behavior and emotions are primarily determined by biological factors.
Empirical Evidence: Information gathered through observation and experimentation rather than theory alone.
Cross-Cultural Psychology: The study of how cultural factors affect human behavior and mental processes.