Ekman Claims That One Characteristic of Emotions Is That They

question 19

Multiple Choice

Ekman claims that one characteristic of emotions is that they are distinctive universal signals. By this, he means that

• A) a specific facial expression is associated with each of the basic emotions.
• B) distinctive patterns of physiological activity are expressed in the nervous system.
• C) emotional expressions are universally understood within each distinctive culture.
• D) everyone experiences emotions, but each individual experience is unique.

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