What Is the Main Implication of Haidt and Keltner's (1999)

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the main implication of Haidt and Keltner's (1999) study of how people interpret embarrassment and shame expressions in the United States and Eastern India?

• A) The emotion words available in one's language strongly shape our beliefs about what events cause emotional responses.
• B) People can tell the difference between embarrassment and shame, even if their language does not have two different words for these emotions.
• C) "Embarrassment" and "shame" are synonyms - two words in English for the same emotion concept.
• D) People in Eastern India do not experience embarrassment.

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