BEFORE THE VIDEO

1. What words can you think of when you look at this picture?

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2. Have you ever cried at the cinema? What movie were you watching?

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3. Do people only cry when they are sad? When else do people cry?

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4. When did you last cry? Why did you cry?

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 DURING THE VIDEO

1. Crying only happens when you are emotional TRUE/FALSE

2. There are three types of tears TRUE/FALSE

3. Tears of sadness are exclusively human TRUE/FALSE

4. Tears in human are used as social signals TRUE/FALSE

5. Crying makes you feel more stressed out TRUE/FALSE

DURING THE VIDEO

1. Crying only happens when you are emotional TRUE/FALSE

2. There are three types of tears TRUE/FALSE

3. Tears of sadness are exclusively human TRUE/FALSE

4. Tears in human are used as social signals TRUE/FALSE

5. Crying makes you feel more stressed out TRUE/FALSE

DURING THE VIDEO

1. Crying only happens when you are emotional TRUE/FALSE

2. There are three types of tears TRUE/FALSE

3. Tears of sadness are exclusively human TRUE/FALSE

4. Tears in human are used as social signals TRUE/FALSE

5. Crying makes you feel more stressed out TRUE/FALSE

DURING THE VIDEO

1. Crying only happens when you are emotional TRUE/FALSE

2. There are three types of tears TRUE/FALSE

3. Tears of sadness are exclusively human TRUE/FALSE

4. Tears in human are used as social signals TRUE/FALSE

5. Crying makes you feel more stressed out TRUE/FALSE

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Writing assignment
Read these two articles

https://time.com/4254089/science-crying/

https://bigthink.com/philip-perry/the-science-of-tears-why-we-cry

After reading the articles, write an essay about the impact of crying in our social circles. Use
examples from your personal experience and write 1000 words in APA style. Hand in your essay in
3 days.

Experiment assignment

Start a journal of tears during the next 3 weeks. Every time your eyes shed a tear, make an entry in
your journal. In the journal you must document this information.

DATE AND TIME: _________________

REASON FOR THE TEARS: __________ (Joy, sadness, Unknown, etc.)

HOW LONG DID YOU CRY FOR? __________ (Seconds, minutes, hours)
After these three weeks prepare some statistics and graphics about your notes and present them
to the class in a 2-5 minute presentation.

Survey assignment

Ask 60 people in your community the following questions

Who cries more men or women?

Is it easy for you to cry in front of other people?

Is crying an act of weakness?

Document the results of the 60 interviews and make a report explaining the perception of crying
based on your interviewees’ social status, age, and gender. Prepare this for an oral presentation
next week.

Social Media related Assignment

Ask 100 people in your social media platforms to send a 30 second video expressing how they feel
after crying for a long period of time. Present the results of this virtual survey in a 3 minute video.

Keep in mind the gender and age of the people who send you the video to explain their answers.

Post your video on YouTube and send the link to my email address in 10 days.