Studies on Facial Expressions of Emotion Have Shown That

question 193

Multiple Choice

Studies on facial expressions of emotion have shown that

• A) people use words to communicate emotion far more than they use facial expression.
• B) people in various cultures, in general, are unable to interpret the facial expression of someone from another culture.
• C) voluntary smiles are indistinguishable from spontaneous smiles.
• D) we show more emotion when other people are around than when we are by ourselves.

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