AN INVESTIGATION OF RECOGNITION OF FACIAL • EXPRESSIONS OF FIVE EMOTIONS: A CULTURAL STUDY OF THE IBOS
AN INVESTIGATION OF RECOGNITION OF FACIAL • EXPRESSIONS OF FIVE EMOTIONS: A CULTURAL STUDY OF THE IBOS
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1984-07
Authors
MONYEI, PATRICIA ISIOMA
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Abstract
This study examines Tomkins' (1962, 1963)
theory of emotions which relates central nervous
system (CITS) activity with the behaviour of
facial muscles in the facial expressions of
emotions. The sample of the study consisted of
100 subjects both male and female, selected among
the Ibos of Nigeria consisting of 60 males and
40 females.
In this study the investigator is concerned
about the facial expressions of the following
five emotions of sadness, anger, fear, happiness,
and love of both males and females among-the Ibos.
It was decided that photographs from four
different areas of film industry popular in
Nigeria would be used. These four industries
were the Western films, the Indian films, the
Chinese films, and the native Nigerian shows.
Efforts were made to collect the facial photographs
of the film actors and actresses of these
four different areas from different film magazines
available locally except for the Chinese male's •
picture on happiness (photograph No. 11) and the
Nigerian actors and actresses who were professionals
in their field and who agreed to pose for their passport photographs to be taken for each of
the emotions studied.
Analysis of data was done by using the
t-test. The results of which are discussed in
the project.
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A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
SAMARU-ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE
(M.ED)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, SAMARU-ZARIA,
1984
Keywords
INVESTIGATION, RECOGNITION, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, FIVE EMOTIONS, CULTURAL STUDY, IBOS