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A Display rule is a rule stating that while emotional expression is universal, there are socially learned, culturally differentiated rules for who is allowed to show which emotion to whom in what kind of social context.

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A Display rule is a rule which determines who's allowed to show what expression in what kind of social context (like a 'good' loser of a sporting event).

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A Facial expression is universal when an individual is unobserved, but, when in public, some, like the Japanese, mask negative expressions.

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The Micro expression is expressive of these feelings: Disgust, anger, fear, sadness, happiness, contempt, surprise, amusement, embarrassment, anxiety, guilt, pride, relief, contentment, pleasure, and shame.

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A Refractory state is a brief psychological state , for example when we are angry, characterized by our thinking being unable to incorporate information that does not fit, maintain, or justify the emotion we are feeling.