Question
Cross-cultural research on facial expressions has shown that
O just as slightly different dialects occur within the same language, so slightly different facial
expressions occur for the same emotions across different cultures
O even though there are slight ariations in the facial expression of emotions across cultures,
judges make virtually no errors in their judgments of emotion from the facial expressions of
others
people of all cultures use the same muscles in the same ways when expressing different
emotions
• anger and fear are expressed in very similar ways across cultures, but that happiness is
expressed somewhat differently from culture to culture
Answer
Cross-cultural research on facial expressions has shown that there are slight variations in the expression of emotions across cultures, but that anger and fear are expressed in similar ways, while happiness is expressed somewhat differently.