Mauro, Sato, and Tucker (1992) Investigated How Appraisal Dimensions Were

Mauro, Sato, and Tucker (1992) investigated how appraisal dimensions were related to the experience of 14 different emotion states using participants from the U.S., Japan, China, and Hong Kong. What did they find?

A) In support of the universal contingency hypothesis, they found cross-cultural agreement in the relationship between all studied appraisal dimensions and the 14 emotions
B) There was universal agreement about the appraisals associated with the basic emotions studied (e.g., anger) , but for the other, secondary emotions (e.g., embarrassment) , there was virtually no cross-cultural agreement regarding the associated appraisals
C) There was little cross-cultural variability in the relationship between more primitive appraisals (e.g., pleasantness) and emotions, but cross-cultural variability when it came to more cognitively demanding appraisals (e.g., anticipated effort)
D) There were strong associations between appraisal dimensions and social emotions in th East Asian samples, but not in the U.S. sample