Nora has been blind since birth, and has never seen a smile, frown, or furrowed brow. At age three, how capable would she be of expressing emotions using the facial expressions of sighted people? a. Incapable of properly using facial expressions, she would require special trainingb. She would be capable of expressing only negative emotions such as anger or sadness. c. She would be able to express all six basic emotions just as well as sighted people. d. It depends on what culture she is being reared in.

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Theresa Rice

22 January, 12:18

Nora has been blind since birth, and has never seen a smile, frown, or furrowed brow. At age three, how capable would she be of expressing emotions using the facial expressions of sighted people? a. Incapable of properly using facial expressions, she would require special trainingb. She would be capable of expressing only negative emotions such as anger or sadness. c. She would be able to express all six basic emotions just as well as sighted people. d. It depends on what culture she is being reared in.

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Greta Henson · Answer 1

c. She would be able to express all six basic emotions just as well as sighted people.

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Nora will be able to smile and express the six basic emotions; anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise and sadness. This is because these emotions are not learned, they are innate and are wired to our genes. Research as shown that blind and sighted athletes show the same facial expression of sadness when they lost a march.