Which of the Following Best Summarizes the Implications of Hilary

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best summarizes the implications of Hilary Elfenbein and colleagues' (2007) study of emotional expressions in Quebec, Canada and Gabon, Africa?

A) People in different cultures pose similar, but subtly different, expressions when asked to pose specific emotions; this is why people are somewhat better at recognizing expressions posed by someone from their own culture.
B) Although people in different cultures show identical expressions when asked to pose specific emotions, they are better are recognizing expressions from their own culture because the faces themselves look more familiar.
C) People in different cultures pose subtly different expressions when asked to pose specific emotions, but because they all approximate the universal template, they are no better at recognizing expressions pose by someone from their own vs. a different culture.
D) Although people in different cultures show identical expressions when asked to pose specific emotions, they are better are recognizing expressions from their own culture because poser and participant have the same emotion vocabulary.