The Text Presents a Study by Masuda and His Colleagues

question 115

Multiple Choice

The text presents a study by Masuda and his colleagues (2008) in which researchers compared how participants perceived a central character when the surrounding characters in a picture either matched or did not match the central character's facial expression.What were they examining in this study?

• A) whether differences in thinking style translate into differences in perception of facial expressions
• B) whether differences in culture lead to differences in the accuracy of facial expression interpretation
• C) whether cultural differences have an impact on the way people express emotion through facial expressions
• D) whether gender differences in interpretation of facial expressions are larger than cultural differences
• E) whether there are gender differences in the extent to which context has an impact on the perception of facial expressions

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