Secondary emotions are also known as sociomoral emotions because they ____
a. are present for the lifespan, from birth to death, for many cultural groups
b. have been found to have universal meaning across cultures
c. are based upon cultural standards of right or wrong
d. are present at birth for all infants regardless of culture
C. The secondary emotions are called sociomoral emotions because they are evoked based on what the toddler has learned about culturally based standards of right and wrong. These emotions develop because toddlers have learned to feel good when they conform to the expected standards and bad when they do not.
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