Paul Ekman's cross-cultural research inferring emotions from facial expressions suggests that ____.
A) people from a variety of cultures can successfully infer positive but not negative emotions
B) people from a variety of cultures can successfully 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) little cross-cultural similarity exists in the facial expressions associated with basic emotions

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Paul Ekman's cross-cultural research suggests that people from a variety of cultures can accurately infer six basic emotions, including both positive and negative emotions. These emotions include happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, and disgust, and they are believed to be universal and innate. While there may be some cultural variation in how emotions are expressed and interpreted, there is considerable cross-cultural agreement on the basic emotional expressions.

Paul Ekman's Cross-Cultural Research Inferring Emotions from Facial Expressions Suggests