Which of the Following Pieces of Evidence Best Supports the Notion

question 213

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the notion that humans have innate fundamental emotion patterns?

• A)The cognitive appraisals that produce particular emotions are very similar across cultures.
• B)A person with a damaged hippocampus can still be classically conditioned to control his/her emotions.
• C)Certain emotional expressions such as rage and terror are similar across a wide variety of cultures.
• D)Negative emotions appear to be associated with higher brain activation in the right hemisphere.

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