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Fake Smile Test

LucrativeSid

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Oct 20, 2007
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12/20

I got fixated on one critera - the manner of recovery from the smile. Those who could recover quickly didn't seem genuine. Those who had trouble recovering seemed genuine. I was consistent in using that and got 8 wrong. That's interesting.

That's almost the same way that I did it. I thought I was doing good by watching the way that their faces morphed back to normal. And I only got 10 right... I could have gotten just as many right by guessing and not even looking at the faces.

However, I don't believe that this means too much, because in real life, you'd have context to help you out and you probably wouldn't be using logic to determine if a smile is real or fake since you would be in real time. Not knowing ahead of time that half the smiles will be fake, I would probably be more likely to assume that they are genuine. And even if they are fake, being wrong about it is not likely to cause me harm. A fake smile is still a smile. At least they are trying to show a positive emotion... I don't remember the last time I put my life in someone else's hands based on if their smile was genuine or fake. You can flash me a fake smile as much as you want, but you're only fooling yourself.
 

edel weiss

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Mar 31, 2008
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147
MBTI Type
ENTP
I got 17/20. I just looked straight at the eyes to figure them out. Some of the fake ones were very obvious, and some of the genuine ones were good too - I laughed along with them. :D
 

Ghost of the dead horse

filling some space
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Sep 7, 2007
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3,553
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ENTJ
Cue to the eyes, I re-did the test .. I didn't remember any of the "answers". 17/20. Spotted all fakes and guessed 3 genuines incorrectly.

I would be glad if this would be reflective of an improvement in my skill, rather than improvement in this test only.
 

Nadir

Enigma
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Dec 17, 2007
Messages
544
MBTI Type
INxJ
Enneagram
4
18/20... 1 genuine and 1 fake got mixed-up. The eyes do give stuff away... like when they stay motionless.
 

ChrisMBTI

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Apr 22, 2008
Messages
4
MBTI Type
ESTP
14/20

I was wondering how the test worked as in how they got them to do a geniune smile.
 

Flush

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May 19, 2008
Messages
203
MBTI Type
INFP
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5w4
18/20

The fake ones seemed to only smile with their mouth, while the genuine ones used the whole face.
 

INA

now! in shell form
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Jun 6, 2008
Messages
3,195
MBTI Type
intp
I got 17/20.
I must say I am shocked :eek:
I expected to get around 10 correct, at best. I should trust my intuition more, perhaps. Nah . . .

Number 13 was a fright. {shudder}
 

aguanile

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Jul 25, 2008
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132
MBTI Type
IXXP
Enneagram
4w5
11/20. Good thing there are no actual grades given. ;) I thought I would be good at this. Apparently not.
 

Habba

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Jul 22, 2008
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17 / 20. And I'm ISTJ. :harhar:

I usually score quite high in these facial expression tests. Dunno why.
 

rhinosaur

Just a statistic
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Apr 23, 2007
Messages
1,464
MBTI Type
INTP
I got 12/20 and believed more people were genuine than fake.
 
Joined
Apr 24, 2007
Messages
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MBTI Type
ENTP
16/20

I found the eyes the most helpful, but after looking at the ones I missed I also noticed that the genuine smiles were accompanied by barely discernible head movements. It could be that they got them to smile by making them chuckle.
 

MrRandom

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Jul 19, 2008
Messages
151
MBTI Type
INFJ
I got 20/20. I think this might be something INFJs can be naturally good at (Ni+Fe). I've read a lot about smiling, so I knew where to focus my attention: the eyes. They tell it all.

Yeah, #13 was scary.
 

Ivy

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Apr 18, 2007
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Denied entry to the INFJ club once again. :(

;)
 
Joined
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16/20.... so I guess T's aren't necessarily cold, logical, and unable to process emotions and feelings?

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As for subject #13, I was about to call all of you guys mean and judgmental, until I looked at him again... woah... what's up with a guy who looks like he should be bald, and yet has long, straight black hair? something very odd about his hairline.
 

scantilyclad

almost nekkid
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Jul 31, 2007
Messages
2,106
MBTI Type
INFP
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4w5
Instinctual Variant
so/sp
16/20
eyes were a dead give away. I had a lot of trouble with the older lady though, thus i missed her, and a few others.
 
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