Display rules involve
A) displaying an emotion that is not actually felt, often because of a role requirement.
B) social/cultural guidelines that regulate when, how, and where a person may express emotion.
C) emotions that are displayed, as a rule, only by certain cultures.
D) universal, biologically-based emotional displays evoked by particular emotional situations.
Answer: B
Rationale: Display rules refer to the unwritten expectations we have regarding when it is appropriate to show a certain emotion.
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