Question

Recall that Ekman and Friesen (1971) have demonstrated that Fore tribespeople from a preliterate culture in New Guinea were able to decode the facial expressions of Westerners and encode emotion easily interpretable by Westerners. Their findings suggest that Darwin was __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

right—facial expressions are universal among humans.

Explanation:

In the 1872 book of Charles Darwin, he wrote that the facial expressions of the emotions are universal in the human species and they are not learnt differently in each and every culture no matter how evolved or traditional the culture is.  

The given findings of Ekman and Friesen demonstrated that the Fore tribes people who are from preliterate culture were able to decode the Westerners' facial expressions. This finding suggest that Darwin was right.