Paul Ekman devised a system to measure people’s facial muscle activity, called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). Using thi
s measurement, Ekman found across cultures that participants "recognized" the emotional facial expressions by matching them with the "correct" emotion words at levels greater than chance. What did Ekman conclude from these findings?
Ekman concluded that emotions were universal and cut across the various types of peoples and cultures.
Explanation:
Paul Ekman studied the presumed universality of emotions by assessing people’s facial muscle activity and proving that the expressions of their respective emotions communicated the same feelings in different cultures around the world: the photographs that were produced showed emotional expressions that were similar, and led Ekman to conclude that emotions were universal and cut across the various gypes of peoples and cultures.
