Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the notion that humans have innate fundamental emotional patterns?
A)The cognitive appraisals that produce particular emotions are very similar across cultures.
B)A person with a damaged hippocampus can still be classically conditioned to control his/her emotions.
C)Certain emotional expressions such as rage and terror are similar across a wide variety of cultures.
D)Negative emotions appear to be associated with higher brain activation in the right hemisphere.

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Certain emotional expressions, such as rage and terror, being similar across a wide variety of cultures, suggest that there are innate, fundamental emotional patterns shared among humans, regardless of cultural differences. This universality supports the idea that these emotional expressions are not learned but are inherent aspects of human nature.

Which of the Following Pieces of Evidence Best Supports the Notion