Some people believe that if you are angry you should express your feelings, because getting the emotions "out" will help them to go away faster. According to the work of Ekman and Friesen, what do you know about this belief?
a. They found that expressing emotions seems to intensify, not diminish, how we feel them.
b. They found that expression of anger only helps if the expression is aggressive. Healthy aggression, like pounding nails into a board or hitting a punching bag, is the best therapy for reducing anger.
c. They found that expressing emotions simply spreads them to others, but does not intensify or diminish them for ourselves.
d. They found that expressing anger does, in fact, help it to go away since it is no longer bottled up inside.
Answer: A
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