A Study Comparing Japanese and American Facial Expressions Found That

question 29

Multiple Choice

A study comparing Japanese and American facial expressions found that __________.

• A) the two had similar expressions in private, but the Japanese participants tried to mask their feelings in front of authority figures
• B) the two had similar expressions in public, but the American participants were more expressive when they thought they were alone
• C) participants of both cultural groups were careful to mask their feelings in front of authority figures
• D) participants of the two cultural groups had nearly identical facial expressions, both in public and in private

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Definitions:

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

A theoretical construct proposed by Noam Chomsky suggesting an innate mental faculty enabling young children to develop language.

Semantics

Semantics studies the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences in language.

Grammar

The system of rules governing the structure and use of a language.

Pragmatics

Aspects of language involving the practical ways of communicating with others, or the social “niceties” of language.