Paul Ekman and Walter Friesen (1971)demonstrated That Fore Tribespeople from a Preliterate

question 76

Multiple Choice

Paul Ekman and Walter Friesen (1971) demonstrated that Fore tribespeople from a preliterate culture in New Guinea were able to decode facial expressions of Westerners and encode emotion easily interpretable by Westerners.Their findings suggest that Darwin was

• A) right-facial expressions are species-specific.
• B) right-facial expressions are gender-specific.
• C) wrong-facial expressions are culture-specific.
• D) right-facial expressions are culture-specific.
• E) wrong-facial expressions are universal among humans.

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Foetal

Pertaining to a fetus, the developmental stage of a vertebrate occurring in the womb before birth.

Post-Natal

Pertaining to the period immediately following birth.

Respiratory Systems

The organs and structures that allow an organism to breathe and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.

Brain Cells

Cells located in the brain, including neurons and glial cells, responsible for processing and transmitting information.