When Shown Photographs of Facial Expressions of Basic Emotions, People

question 416

Multiple Choice

When shown photographs of facial expressions of basic emotions, people from 21 different countries:

• A) were able to accurately identify each of the emotions being expressed.
• B) were only able to accurately identify the facial expressions for fear and disgust.
• C) were able to accurately identify happiness, surprise, and disgust, but not anger, fear, or sadness.
• D) varied greatly in their ability to correctly identify the different emotions being expressed.

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