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Question 30

Two viewers see a photograph of a face with smiling eyes but a neutral mouth. One viewer grew up in a culture where people usually look to the eyes to judge emotion. The other grew up in a culture where people usually look to the mouth.

Explain how culture could lead the two viewers to perceive different emotions in the same face.

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8.1 Perception Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /8.1 Perception

52 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 8.1 Perception, covering 8.1.1 Depth cues, illusions and constancies, 8.1.2 Direct Theory of Perception (Gibson, 1996), 8.1.3 Constructivist Theory of Perception (Gregory, 1970), and 8.1.4 Effects on perceptual set. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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