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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #33392 Investigators New Guinea
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Most investigators concur that certain facial expressions suggest the same emotions in all people. Moreover, people in diverse cultures recognize the emotions manifested by the facial expressions. In classic research Paul Ekman took photographs of people exhibiting the emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, and sadness. He then asked people around the world to indicate what emotions were being depicted in them. Those queried ranged from European college students to members of the Fore, a tribe that dwells in the New Guinea highlands. All groups, including the Fore, who had almost no contact with Western culture, agreed on the portrayed emotions. The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional responses. Ekman and his colleagues more recently obtained similar results in a study of ten cultures in which participants were permitted to report that multiple emotions were shown by facial expressions. The participants generally agreed on which two emotions were being shown and which emotion was more intense.

According to the paragraph, which of the following was true of the Fore people of New Guinea?

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Option 3: "They knew very little about Western culture."

Explanation: The text states that the Fore had almost no contact with Western culture, which supports the idea that they knew very little about it. This aligns with the main idea of the text regarding cultural differences in emotional expression.

Option 1: "They did not want to be shown photographs."

Explanation: The text does not mention anything about the Fore people's willingness or unwillingness to be shown photographs. Therefore, this statement is not supported by the text.

Option 2: "They were famous for their story-telling skills."

Explanation: The text does not provide any information regarding the Fore people's reputation for story-telling skills. This option introduces information that is not present in the text.

Option 4: "They show similarities in their expression of emotions with Europeans."

Explanation: The text indicates that all groups, including the Fore, agreed on the portrayed emotions, suggesting that their emotional expressions are similar to those of Europeans. This supports the idea of universal emotional expressions across cultures.

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