In American Culture, Closing One Eye Quickly but Not the Other

question 60

Multiple Choice

In American culture, closing one eye quickly but not the other ("winking") can indicate a joke, flirtation, or a lie. The ambiguity of this gesture illustrates that

• A) symbolic meanings are so unstable as to be nearly impossible to understand
• B) symbolic meanings vary from culture to culture
• C) symbolic meanings must be understood in the context of interactions and relationships
• D) symbolic meanings change over time

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