The Fact That Different Expressions of Emotions Tend to Appear

question 107

Multiple Choice

The fact that different expressions of emotions tend to appear across cultures might lead one to believe that these expressions are evolutionarily based, and not affected by culture. At the same time, another explanation of this similarity is that because many people have been exposed to Western culture, they have taken on Western facial expressions of emotions. This alternative explanation for the apparent universality of emotional expression demonstrates which principle of critical thinking?

• A)Occam's Razor
• B)Correlation versus causation
• C)Ruling out rival hypotheses
• D)Extraordinary claims

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