The Study by Strack and Colleagues (1998), in Which Participants

question 32

Multiple Choice

The study by Strack and colleagues (1998) , in which participants held a pen in their teeth and rated the funniness of various cartoons, was designed to test which hypothesis?

• A) The basic/discrete emotion hypothesis
• B) The facial expression recognition hypothesis
• C) The facial feedback hypothesis
• D) The core relational theme hypothesis

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