The 7 basic emotions - Do you recognise all facial expressions?

Surprise, Happiness, Anger, Disgust, Contempt, Sadness and Fear - these are the 7 human basic emotions, shown the complete same way all over the world.
Tis video is a fun approach to the topic of basic emotions, based on the concept of Dirk Eilert. As you will notice, the shown emotions are not 100% scientifically correct but do give you a hint about what the topic is all about.
We use this video as a first approch to emotionally intelligent leadership, basic emotion workshops or similar training topics.
More about MDI and our trainings:
www.mdi-training.com

[@nolovedivision3882]

Mark Zuckerberg watching this video like "ooooooh I see"

[@ARTISTVAIBHAVYADAV]

Then we all are Mark Zuckerberg

[@tom-leeallinnediego6903]

lol

[@vilmoshorvath9092]

cringe

[@Ludifant]

Happiness didn't feel happy, more embarrassed. Disgust didn''t wrinkle the nose, which is an involuntary respons for real disgust. So, these emotions are basically the emotions of bad acting..?

[@Peter_1986]

The problem with these actors seems to be that they don't actually get into the state of the feelings that they are supposed to express. For example, if you are supposed to express disgust then you should vividly imagine yourself doing something really darn disgusting, so that it becomes a natural reaction and goes from acting to a real reaction. You should TRULY FEEL that emotion, not just consciously express it.

[@cailynnleone6941]

Exactly

[@MikeHunter265]

Ya, pretty much

[@krds5681]

True I actually read contempt again but knew the context. In a real life scenario this would be contempt. Also disgust here would be seen as a playful nose pull or some kind of tick.

[@nitishgautam5728]

Brother you may be feeling offended because you were not able to detect expression but idea here is that these are micro expression, people won't do it for 5 seconds specially to you.

[@PNWPI-wy9is]

I passed 100% - not bad for being out of practice and having dealt with so many masked up nonsense. Going to get back into the micro expression training and studying AU's

[@jamiebeaumont4489]

Your surprise looked more like fear due to the tightness of the lips and the arching of the eyebrows.

[@poepzwerver15]

Music is way too intense to pay attention to this video.

[@MDItraining1]

Dear peopwzerver15, thank you for your valuable feedback! It will be considered in further videos we produce and uplaod.

[@ASMR-cu4hr]

MDI Management Development International what kindve bot reply is that shit😂

[@nolovedivision3882]

Evguenia Ignatova I like to imagine a Coked out 6'5 man bent over playing xylophone

[@_SENSORED]

Go conplain about something else

[@Peter_1986]

@@ASMR-cu4hr Looks like a fairly typical professional polite reply to me.

[@emofool]

In one of Indian ancient texts named Natyasastra by Bharatha Muni, he has defined nine basic emotions (navarasas) to be expressed as part of Indian classical dance forms. The nine emotions are Shringara (love/beauty), Hasya(laughter), Karuna (sorrow), Raudra (anger), Veera ( heroism/courage), Bhayanaka (terror/fear), Bibhatsya (disgust), Adbutha (surprise/wonder), and Shantha (peace or tranquility).

[@iacreamz]

Matching faces to emotions was the section of my ASD test I scored the worst on. I was diagnosed with Aspergers. Watching this video now I unsurprisingly missed almost all of them.

[@aqdassyed6572]

I consider myself Asperger too but what the remedy , i am stuck i am surrounded by Narcissist mother and sister they want me to die that's it!

[@imagismus]

I am on the spectrum too and all of these expressions looked nothing like themselves to me. For me "disgust" was a sneeze, I didn't even see the emotion. Also, most of the time I think I may have taken it literally because I kept saying while watching this "these emotions are fake!" 🤣

[@krds5681]

Aye I'm on the spectrum too but I got full marks here. I'd say these were too easy. It's all about practice man.

[@latoyapierre7520]

How bad was the score I got 2/7 .😅 haven’t been diagnosed yet , although my mom is trying to get me tested for autism.

[@DeadDiaries]

@@imagismusi thought disgust was anger 💀

[@stevenlookabaugh5216]

I guessed anger 3 times. I'm just glad I got it right once.

[@idunnomaam3863]

Almost in every expression, the actresses seem like they are bout to smile at any time so it makes it harder to understand the emotion they are trying to portray.

[@ulkerram111]

anger is shown in a very unrecognisable way. I thought it is doubt. She didn't frown, she just squeezed her eyes, as if she didn't understand something

[@thehornswogglehumdinger9612]

I had thought that it was pain

[@melissaromero6262]

I missed almost all of them.

[@artistfrank8511]

That means you are a sychopath

[@Live.Laugh.Lobotomy]

Very cool didn’t ask

[@angelatheangel839]

Um 😐 mayeb u need to get that checked out

[@Mopsbpv]

How dumb are you

[@eminemilly]

Prob had crappy neglecting parents

[@jiraiyaapprentice5733]

1st meeting me 2.Judging me 3.Judging me 4.Pretending to like me 5.Pretending to feel sorry for me 6.Judging me 7.Judging me

[@those-who-live-in-death]

I got all of them without pausing the video, but the 6 almost confused me with a suspicious expression, but I got the right answer in time :)

[@jimmythekid2734]

They actually look like they didn’t approve on doing this video they really dident like it 😂

[@videofun59]

Omg i recognized all of them .. watching lie to me helped lol

[@wwizard6982]

I have ASD with paranoid/avoidant traits, I got all of the correct, with different wording, but I mistook Fear as shocked. It's interesting.

[@DystopianUtopia]

I'm autistic and this video is 'easy' and got them all right too. Real life is much more difficult. Changes in facial expressions are much easier to read than a static face.

[@jordanstafford5110]

Shock came to mind for me too

[@archiedawson2871]

I also mistook fear as shock..

[@Bell.A130]

I swear disgust looked off. It had a hint of some positive emotion like playfulness or joy

[@susannemoseidbryhni9898]

My autistic ass guessed angry on that one :(

[@crackers3978]

Lmao I said "confused??" For almost every one of them, only getting happy and sad right XD

[@fortuneltd3591]

A very informative video for psychopaths. Especially emotion #7 must have gone right over their heads

[@shawnette1]

I got 5. Contempt and disgust threw me way off lol

[@tom-leeallinnediego6903]

same

[@Peter_1986]

I mistook Contempt for Skepticism.

[@zuneratariq3303]

7/7 ... thanks Lightman :D

[@ViWiCoverChannel]

Almost no one do this faces in real life, except children. Like, imagine you talking with your friend and they tell you they are sad. They will not look like they are in cartoon and their lips looks like reversed smile. Im autistic, btw, and in my childhood i studied microexpressions using anime. And, surprisingly, thats a way more reliable source of how people could look like while beeing emotional. Way more reliable than this vid and others like it.

[@littlehime1114]

Got all them right !😁💪🏼

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

Ammmazing We really need those 1 min viedeo we dont have much time 😫❤

[@natalynieves6439]

Amazing! Greetings from Peru

[@mattgle]

Hey i am an editor from Argentina, i want to use a few seconds from your video for one of my clips. Can i use it? Cheers

[@DeadDiaries]

I only did this to have a better understanding if I have autism, I always had issue’s understanding facial expression and i think this barely helped out, the faces didn’t make sense to me, they just look weird and goofy. I even mistaked disgust with anger

[@budgetforsuccess835]

I got 4 right but only happiness, sadness, surprise, and fear. I’m in the process of an ASD diagnosis.

[@babystay7340]

My PE teacher showed me this this is such a amazing video!

[@Waitwha]

6/7 got anger wrong

[@DS-zo8xs]

Sad and happy are what I got lol. I mean smiling and frowning are always in kids books so that's easy.

[@ninjaturtlecringeattack5396]

Yay got all right. I'm getting better

[@sophievincent8094]

As someone with body dysmorphic disorder I got 2 out of 7. Very interesting. I called disgust and anger pooping lol

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

7/7. Ok lightman, count me in. XD

[@peacenotwar4430]

I got all right! 😁

[@Samuel-ku1qb]

Well based on these facial expressions I got three right.

[@M_Uchiha]

Should've hired actors for this. Some emotions definitely lack the eye and forehead movement.

[@othmantayach9449]

It very hard to tell be simply these guys are good at showing emotions except fear and happiness which everyone knows how to do it .....no offense

[@user-kb8qw7dy4t]

I was taught in psych 101 that disgust is a learned reaction. However, that was so long ago that I may have misunderstood. Maybe it's the stimuli that we learn to feel disgusted by.

[@metaphyziks7579]

Thanks for this now I will practice in the mirror so I look less awkward

[@yunki_]

Something seems off about these...... I can recognize all emotions normally but I missed like EVERY ONE in this video.... can someone explain???

[@Peter_1986]

The expressions in this video are acted out pretty much on command, and it is quite tricky to perfectly mimic real-life expressions. In my opinion, the best way to consciously mimic a certain expression is by vividly building up that actual emotion within you, so that it becomes a _real_ emotion, and this is actually what professional actors usually do when they act in movies. Jack Nicholson did a lot of these things during the recording of "The Shining"; he would be a bit weird even during breaks (like laugh and giggle for himself), and he would mutter crazy words for himself and almost scare the production team when he prepared for some of his crazier scenes.

[@ankitjain4325]

Fantestic expression!!

[@melindacollins996]

i got 7/7

[@kenanwashington5094]

#GOTCHA !

[@HupfDole87]

okay call me lightman :)

[@Metaphyical0samak]

I am here because I am healing my trauma of shame

[@vvvvia]

I got 3

[@carlospomares3225]

5/7 contempt and fear throw me off

[@mirosgerg]

6 Out of 7

[@raynac224]

huh, i thought alot of them where disagreement with something that was being said. and I thought anger was squinting because you cant see something.

[@martinapfaar7902]

Weird I thought I am good at reading people but these short moments of reading her face was not easy for me. Happiness and the next one I guessed. But all emotions have been to fast and weird looking?!

[@jocelynfajardo4388]

Miss the sigma one

[@sunflowerheather7019]

Guessed 3 out of 7 correctly.

[@kullenberg]

How do you do fellow humans?

[@sgathf]

I have to say that The faces for Disgust and Anger could of been a little better lol

[@donna.p]

these expressions were too quick for me

[@lingy74]

Disgust looked like feigned disgust appearing cute

[@shadowflame9838]

1: didn't see any emotion. Only saw a weird and random facial change. 2: weird face scrunch. Once again, saw no emotion, just a random face change. 3, lip twitch, still saw no emotion. 4, I'm assuming a smile is happiness. But the woman doesn't express the emotion long enough for me to see anything. Plus her eyes are dead. I can't see any change. 5, this one was very easy. Sad. 6: strange eye movement. Too brief to distinguish anything. 7: didn't see any change I'd recommend expressing the emotion longer. You do it so fast.

[@insakolby]

Fear looked like she was stressed.

[@shanzakhan5381]

I got only the fear one

[@invenitur4231]

Think they mixed up anger and disgust

[@shortycareface9678]

I thought the surprise was anger. Oh well.

[@decoraftm6703]

لأول مرة بعد 27 سنة أحس نفسي ما أفهم في تعابير الوجه .. أو إحتمال أن المرأتين ما يتقنون التعبير خاصة تعبير التقزز مربك جدا

[@josephmills-mw2hs]

Startled, disgusted,puzzled,happy,quizzical,angry,scared,

[@Vegan_scorpioo]

makes me give a complicated answer

[@agbymg]

Slow it down if you watch it

[@daniperez6761]

For contempt I said “ehh” as an emotion lol but other than that yeah I’m good

[@shdhbr]

I feel like I'm missing something?? Contempt, fear , anger and disgust really confused me

[@PNWPI-wy9is]

David Matsumoto on his site, and Paul Ekman had on his site, METT Micro Expression Training Tutorial's. Ekman states in studying various culture's around the world, that there are 7 universal facial expressions connecting to genuine emotional states which are extraordinarily difficult to mask. Also, Vanessa van Edwards runs The Science of People, conducting trainings on how to recognize these and more. There's another guy who has all of the AU's, the Action Units which is used for FACS - Facial Action Coding System condensed into about 40+ mini-videos to assist anyone with self-study, which is what the PEG- Paul Ekman Group tests for certification of FACS. The reason I wrote a lengthy reply to you, as you stated, those 4 "negative" expressions confused you and these references could possibly help with clearing up that confusion either by demonstrating them in multiple slow motion videos or by illustrating which facial muscle groups are being activated (FACS). Good luck!

[@irhabilal9055]

Why facial expressions of primary emotions are easily identified?

[@safaaouididi6107]

i only got happy and sad lmao

[@swapnagayen2490]

I got 5 emotion correct out of 7 emotion

[@mrsticky005]

The Seven Basic Emotions that were ACTUALLY shown in this video Emotion 1: " I am reading a cue card right now and it says I am supposed to be showing an expression of surprise. Oh." Emotion 2: "I am reading a cue card right now but the handwriting is terrible and I can barely make it out." Emotion 3: "I am reading a cue card right now and this is really boring and I'm kinda hungry. I think I could go for a steak." Emotion 4: "I work in customer service and I am THIS close to losing my mind but I need the money which is why I have taught myself to smile on command." Emotion 5: "I work in the service industry and I am THIS close to losing my mind but I need the money which is why I'm pretending to care about your very tedious and boring story while I actually got like twelve other tables to serve because we are understaffed because our corporate overlords find lining their own pockets more important than paying people what they are owed" Emotion 6: "I still can't read this damn cue card. I am getting paid for this right? Because I really need the money and my actual job pay is shit" Emotion 7: "I once took a drama class in high school. I am getting paid for this right?"

[@raosahebubale6731]

Good

[@shadowfox3442]

I got 3 😀

[@cyb3rspac351]

4...

[@theyorkshireladyoyo]

i got all 7 right

[@ayushpokharel602]

🤔 what was that? Was fun anyway 🤓🤓🤓

[@sharadsinghi3732]

I guessed all

[@daryadobre9047]

I did very well orphanage

[@lenommon9990]

Why did i get 2 of them wrong,

[@vivvcat]

Music was quite annoying, and maybe don't speed up the people doing the emotions. I thought anger was suspicion.

[@kpimkpim349]

I thought it was confusion

[@aniketverma253]

I got all, thanks to udemy

[@biliussteed2102]

7/7.

[@GodGurdjieff]

1/7 identified fear😂

[@dissdad8744]

Some of these emotions were not performed very authentically!

[@sendhill81]

What's the lady in White doing especially in 6th emotion, more of a Constipated look For Anger the Eyebrows need to come closer n form a bit of wrinkle between the eye area besides being slightly tight...squinting eyes alone doesn't work

[@gabagool786]

6/7

[@ZoeyKirituOfficial]

I only got "happy" pol

[@kpimkpim349]

Dude I'm REALLY bad at this lol. Am I mental?

[@MouadhBenSalah]

No it's probably because it's too fast and has no context. I got some of them wrong too lol

[@kullenberg]

You may be on the spectrum.

[@Qingep]

Nah, got 1 / 7 lol

[@lyssxjag]

This was... weird (kinda) they showed the emotion for only like a split second

[@VictorMatthieu]

It's called a micro-expression for a reason lol

[@FeatheredFalconWcue]

I got 1..

[@royjensen4544]

It's hard to fabricate these emotions on command, eh? Disgust, anger, and fear were poorly done.

[@schizotism3633]

What about Faith, anxiety, confidence, and etc?

[@queenkingacejack]

Did they go out of their way to find two people with incredibly unexpressive faces or something? Seriously

[@user-zn7zi5sx1g]

٣/٧

[@hmmmlemmesee7621]

Only 5 emotions not 7 emotions

[@itsEzvn]

2/7 ):

[@Peter_1986]

Faked emotions are much more difficult than real emotions. The only way to show a truly genuine emotion is to _actually feel_ that emotion _for real._ This is actually what professional actors do - they get into a state where they genuinely feel the desired emotions.

[@elmerpacheco3541]

this one emotions are not even true misleading

[@Lila-rv8zq]

Am I bad at this or she is?

[@MultiSenhor]

Izi pizi, limisquizi