Facial expressions such as sorrow, joy, surprise, rage, disgust, and terror are...

• A. Universal
• B. Cultural
• C. Local
• D. Individualistic

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that certain facial expressions for basic emotions are universal across humans and cultures. Research shows that faces expressing sorrow, joy, surprise, rage, disgust, and terror are recognized in the same basic patterns by people from many different cultures, even without exposure to those cultures. This suggests these expressions are biologically rooted and serve as a common form of social communication. While culture can influence how we display or interpret emotions in context, the actual facial configurations themselves are shared across humanity. The other options imply culture-specific or localized differences that aren’t supported by the widespread cross-cultural recognition of these expressions.