Paul Ekman's cross-cultural study on inferring emotions from facial expressions suggests that ____.

A) people from a variety of cultures can accurately infer positive but not negative emotions
B) people from a variety of cultures can accurately infer negative but not positive emotions
C) people from a variety of cultures can accurately infer six basic emotions, including both positive and negative emotions
D) there is little to no similarity in how people from a variety of cultures infer basic emotions

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Ashraf Sumon · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Paul Ekman's research found that people across different cultures could accurately identify six basic emotions (happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise) from facial expressions, indicating a universal aspect to how emotions are communicated and understood.

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