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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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.

Paul Ekman's Cross-Cultural Study on Inferring Emotions from Facial Expressions