In the mythical country of Xacandra, people experience an emotion that they call blegthium. Though everyone agrees the people experience blegthium, it has proven very difficult to define or to associate with physiological correlates. Cross-cultural Xacandran psychologists have not been able to consistently find an emotion comparable to blegthium in other cultures. In terms of the circumplex model of emotions, blegthium is a ____________ emotion.
A) universal
B) primary
C) secondary
D) cross-culturally congruent

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The fact that cross-cultural Xacandran psychologists have not been able to consistently find an emotion comparable to blegthium in other cultures suggests that it is not a universal or cross-culturally congruent emotion. Additionally, the fact that it has proven difficult to define or associate with physiological correlates suggests that it is not a primary emotion. Therefore, the best choice is C, secondary emotion, which is a category of emotions that are culturally specific and may not have precise equivalents in other cultures.

In the Mythical Country of Xacandra, People Experience an Emotion