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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by

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emotional expression primarily found in the human male in the form of grunts, nods [Man approaches woman]

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and fist pumps.. Here's todays question Darwin was one of the first scientists

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to consider the importance of emotional expression which of the following

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statements supports his hypothesis about emotion and here are your potential answers

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....well you might know

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Charles Darwin as that dude who went to an island and instead of befriending of [Darwin with a volleyball]

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volleyball came up with a bunch of really important theories but he also

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had some theories about feelings.. but what is emotional expression aside from

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an alternate name for emojis well emotional expressions are observable [People holding emotion signs]

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verbal or nonverbal behaviors that communicate an internal state these can

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take the form of facial movements like smiling and frowning or behaviors like

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laughing and tearing up the first few minutes of Up... So Darwin's hypothesis about [Man crying in a theater]

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emotion supported by the statement that A) species evolved without regard for

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emotional expression well Darwin considered emotional expression to have [Darwin on an island and man appears]

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at least some importance for a species and A) seems to suggest the opposite and B)

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goes the other extreme stating that evolution of a species is defined by [Turtle crawls by another turtle]

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emotional expression take it easy B)...What about the statements that C) all

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species began with the ability to express emotion huh have you ever seen a [Worm peering out of the ground]

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worm smile well there are plenty of species out there that can't express

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emotion and Darwin knew that was Darwin's hypothesis supported by the [Darwin in chains]

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idea that E) emotional expression does not include body movements only facial

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expressions, hand gestures, postures, shrugs the list of ways the body expresses [Darwin giving body expressions]

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emotion goes on and on so let's scratch this one off and move on that means that

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Darwin's hypothesis about emotion is supported by the statement that D) the

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ability to express emotion evolves as the species evolved Darwin believed that [Darwin on an island and man with happy face appears]

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emotional expression was a critical form of communication and that the ability of

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the species to express emotion helped improve survival rates, well if emotional [Lion in the wild and monkey holding emotion sign walks by]

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expression helps us survive yes it's time to watch

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