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Question 19 • TX-Psychology CR

Researchers Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen conducted facial recognition experiments to determine which of the following?

Answer
A
if cultures differ in social gestures used to represent emotion
B
if cultures differ in words used to label emotions
C
if emotional expressions were recognizable across cultures
D
if cultures had different display rules for emotion

Explanation

Ekman and Friesen studied whether people from different cultures could recognize the same emotional expressions on faces. Their experiments found that basic facial expressions, such as happiness or fear, were generally recognizable across cultures. Thus, the correct choice is “if emotional expressions were recognizable across cultures.”

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