Questão 33 · Língua Inglesa: Interpretação de textos
Texto associado à questão
Text 22A1-II
Do not rely on facial expressions for how people are feeling A smile does not always mean someone is happy Aristotle reckoned the face was a window onto a person’s mind. Two millennia on, facial expressions are still commonly thought to be a universally valid way to gauge other people’s feelings, irrespective of age, sex and culture. A raised eyebrow suggests confusion. A smile denotes happiness. A frown indicates sadness.
Or do they? An analysis of hundreds of research papers that examined the relationship between facial expressions and underlying emotions has uncovered a surprising conclusion: there is no good scientific evidence to suggest that there are such things as recognisable facial expressions for basic emotions which are universal across cultures. Just because a person is not smiling, the researchers found, does not mean that person is unhappy.
Dr Feldman Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, along with her colleagues found that, on average, adults in urban cultures scowled when they were angry 30% of the time. Which meant that some 70% of the time they did not scowl when angry. Instead, they did something else with their faces. People also scowled when they were not angry. “They scowl when they’re concentrating, they scowl when someone tells them a bad joke, they scowl when they don't feel well, and so on,” says Dr Feldman Barrett.
A scowl, the researchers concluded, is certainly one expression of anger. But it is not the only way people express that emotion. The ambiguous nature of facial expressions was not restricted to anger, but seemed valid for all six of the emotional categories that they examined: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise.
The economist. science & technology. Feb 20th 2020 edition. Internet: <www.economist.com> (adapted).
According to text 22A1-II,
- A) there is a similarity between the results of the study and Aristotle's opinion.
- B) scowling may mean various things when it comes to showing emotions.
- C) Dr Barret was the head of the psychology department in which the study was carried on.
- D) in 70% of the time they are angry, people do manage to smile.
- E) the researchers concentrated their work on the relations between scowling and anger.
Marque a alternativa correta:
Gabarito: B
Gabarito definitivo divulgado pela banca Cebraspe (PREF/BARRA/COQUEIROS 2020).
Comentário
Gabarito: B.
A alternativa B é a correta. O texto mostra que a mesma expressão facial pode ter significados diferentes: a pesquisa aponta que as pessoas franzem a testa quando estão com raiva em apenas 30% das vezes, e franzem também quando se concentram, ouvem uma piada ruim ou se sentem mal. Assim, “scowling may mean various things”, ou seja, o franzir pode significar várias coisas.
As demais estão erradas:
- (A) Errada: os resultados contrariam a visão de Aristóteles de que o rosto revela a mente, e não há semelhança entre eles.
- (C) Errada: o texto apresenta Dr. Feldman Barrett como psicóloga da Northeastern University, sem dizer que ela chefiava o departamento.
- (D) Errada: nos 70% das vezes em que as pessoas não franziam a testa, o texto diz que faziam “something else”, não que sorriam.
- (E) Errada: a pesquisa analisou seis categorias de emoção, e não apenas a relação entre franzir a testa e raiva.
Fundamentos: Texto em inglês: The Economist, 20/02/2020 (trecho do lote) · Trecho: “They scowl when they’re concentrating”
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Fonte: prova Cebraspe PREF/BARRA/COQUEIROS 2020 (Diversos cargos), questão 33, com o gabarito definitivo da banca. Comentário: Equipe Cravei · como fazemos e revisamos.