universality of emotions

the finding that certain emotional expressions, appraisals, and manifestations are the same or highly similar across cultures and societies. Compare cultural specificity of emotions. See also primary emotion.

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November 25th 2024

association-reaction time

in a word-association test, the elapsed time between stimulus and response.