In Masuda and colleagues' (2008) study of cross-cultural perceptions of emotion,
a. eye-tracking technology is used to demonstrate that American participants spend less time looking at the peripheral individuals surrounding the central figure than do Japanese participants.
b. American participants' perceptions of the central figure's emotional state are significantly influenced by the emotions of the peripheral individuals.
c. context has little influence on the social perception processes of the participants.
d. American participants begin by looking at the peripheral individuals before shifting their attention to the central individuals.
Answer: A
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