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sampleforwhatiwant.pptxThe Power Of Smiles
Yui Kumanomido
My Source
“Psychology To Grin About: The Benefits Of Smiling And Laughter.”
https://online.uwa.edu/news/benefits-of-smiling-and-laughter/
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Currency
This article was published in 2019
Although I couldn’t find out if this information was revised or not, I think this information is
still reliable because benefits of smile would not change, unlike scientific discovery.
My topic requires both od current and old information.
Link is functional.
Relevance
This information contains many information that I need to answer my question.
Intended audience may be those who are interested in the benefits of smile and also psychology.
Information in this paper are appropriate level because it cited previous researches.
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Authority
This article was published by University of West Alabama.
There is no author’s name, but this article is one of the psychology and counseling news of UWA. So, I guess professor in psychological department was related to writing this article.
There is a contact information of UWA and the URL include .edu.
Accuracy
Information came from several researches and other articles which can support them.
Language wasn’t biased and I didn’t find any grammar mistakes or error.
Purpose
Purpose of this article is to inform readers of benefits of smiling and promote them to smile .
Information was fact and objective.
Smile have positive effects on health
Smile can make us feel good and relieve or stress
Our body will give us three hormones: dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin when we smile, and these hormones can put us in a good mode and help us relieve the stress(The University of West Alabama).
“British researchers found that one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate”(The University of West Alabama).
It was suggested that smiles could give us longevity.
“those who smile and laugh often may have longer lives than those that don’t”(The University of West Alabama).
Smile enable us to have better relationship with others
Because….
“Laughter and smiling promote camaraderie and help us produce social bonds”(The University of West Alabama).
Those who smiles looks more approachable.
Smiles is contagious.
Therefore…
We should smile more!!!
We should take an advantage from smiling.
How can we smile more?
We can find several ways of smiling.
Forcing oneself to smile
“Since even a fake smile can increase your feelings of happiness, the first step to being happier is smiling even when you don’t feel like it”(The University of West Alabama).
Finding something funny or humorous
“ If you’re feeling down or even just notice that you haven’t laughed in a while, put on a funny movie, read some jokes or seek out a humor boost in any way you enjoy”(The University of West Alabama).
Citation
The University of West Alabama. "Psychology To Grin About: The Benefits Of Smiling And Laughter." Psychology and Counseling News, 2019. https://online.uwa.edu/news/benefits-of-smiling-and-laughter/
