Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) Showed Participants Male and Female Faces

Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) showed participants male and female faces expressing emotions such as anger or happiness. On a given trial, each face was paired either with a label giving a situational cause for the emotion or with no label. When faces appeared without a label:

A) participants were more likely to describe female faces as "emotional" rather than as an individual "having a bad day."
B) participants were more likely to describe male faces as "emotional" rather than as an individual "having a bad day."
C) participants were more likely to describe female faces as an individual "having a bad day" rather than as "emotional."
D) participants were equally likely to describe male faces as "emotional" or as an individual "having a bad day."

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