Factors in the Judgment of Facial Expressions Author:(Chen-Shan Lin) 林清山
Research Article
A set of 9 pictures posed to represent differnt facial expressions were used as stimuls objects and were presented to a group of 25 male graduate students by using the complete method of triads. Data thus obtained were analysed under Torgerson’s multidimensional scaling technique. Three factors were extracted from B* matrix and were identified as Pleasantness-Unpleasantness, Attention-Rejection, and Tension-Sleep. The Three Dimensions Theory hypothesized by Schlosberg was shown to be quite sound. A way for further study by using the method suggested in this study was also emphasized.