A cultural norm that specifies when, where, and how a person should express an emotion is referred to as a ____.
a. display rule
b. normative action
c. conformative law
d. controlled expression
Question 2
What is the evidence to support Charles Darwins claim that human emotional expression was shaped through evolution?
a. The recognition of emotional facial expressions is uniquely tailored to promote survival in different climatic regions around the world.
b. Infants social smiles emerge at about the same age, regardless of whether an infant can see faces or is born blind.
c. Individuals who are capable of showing the widest range of emotions typically have the greatest number of progeny.
d. The same breadth of different emotions expressed by humans are also expressed by nearly all species, but to varying degrees.
Cellular section from the brain of a person who died from Alzheimer's disease.
Areas of referred pain; A, anterior view; B, posterior view.
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