AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ emotional experiences are influenced by their facial expressions. For example, smiling should typically make individuals feel happier, and frowning should make them feel sadder.

Detailed explanation-2: -Similarly, the behavior feedback hypothesis assumes that if we move our body as we would when experiencing some emotion (shuffling along with downcast eyes, as when sad), we are likely to feel that emotion to some degree.

Detailed explanation-3: -The idea behind the facial feedback hypothesis was first conceptualized by Charles Darwin, who suggested that the expression and repression of emotions can, respectively, intensify and dampen feelings (1872).

Detailed explanation-4: -The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that an individual’s experience of emotion is influenced by feedback from their facial movements.