Emotions and culture

Culture is everywhere. The way one communicates, his or her mannerisms or quirks, the foods they like to eat, and even the clothes they enjoy wearing are all elements of their culture. The essay “The Chinese in All of Us”, authored by Richard Rodriguez, is all about culture and how one should respond towards the mixing of different cultures. The overall topic is about multiculturalism. According to online article, “Multiculturalism”, multiculturalism is the about the correct way to react towards…

communication that is determined by each culture. I think communication is the top cause of conflict in most countries including the United States. The receiver’s interpretation of what was said with facial express and attitude can start the conflict without understanding what the message was to start. I am guilty of misunderstanding different cultures. I see facial expression as a negative attitude when talking with someone of a different culture. Some cultures…

Emotion is one of the most difficult aspects of the human condition to explain in its totality, yet its existence is thought to be one of the most fundamental parts of being human. The study of emotion has taken many forms, shifting the focus from facial expression, to language, to cultural history and beyond, varying not from discipline to discipline, but also from person to person. Strictly speaking, though the vague idea of emotion as a conscious experience of feelings resulting from…

Culture is everywhere, it consists of individuals with their own unique values, traditions, symbolism and patterns. Geertz’s definition of the word culture is everything that can alter a person’s emotions, opinions, ideas and control mechanisms. These are a part of culture because they are consequential factors that influence people’s actions and points of views. Culture has evolved and made it difficult for people to know what it is in modern time period because people’s elucidation of culture…

1987). These emotional outcomes include two separate classes of emotion: agitation-based and dejection-based feelings (Higgins, 1987). Each class of emotion requires different organizational or managerial reactions in order to dissipate (discussed in detail later; Higgins, 1987). Agitationbased emotions are linked to one comparing herself to what she “ought-to-be”, and imply fear of punishment or retribution. Dejection-related emotions are linked to one comparing herself to what she…

never really taken the time to think about what culture I am a part of. For some individuals it is easy for them to say "Oh, I 'm Indian and this is what my family does for holidays." I suppose I have always just considered myself to a white American individual. I identify most closely to the rural American way of life/culture. I would say that I also identify with my family culture very strongly. While that latter two might be micro cultures, they are still something I identify with and…

The thought of not being able to identify with a person’s culture of origin is frightening enough, but to not be able to identify with a host culture either is a new level of feeling lost. Being able to be identified as a part of a greater group is a necessity for most people to feel as if they belong wherever they are. In Geeta Kothari’s, “If You Are What You Eat, What Am I?”, Kothari describes her struggle with her identity through the differences in the food that her Indian family eats, as…

Introduction There are few things that are universally shared between all members of the human species – one of the most prominent being our emotions and feelings. Studies have focused on this broad topic of emotion from an evolutionary perspective – suggesting that certain primal instincts such as fear or disgust are innate. Our bodily response to them functions as a way to increase or decrease our responsiveness to the stimuli. For example, fear is associated with widened eyes and flared…

altered, they are still universally accepted especial in many countries and societies. Gender roles have generated certain stereotypes which are inaccurate judgements based on generalisation. For instance, some male exhibit traits of gentleness and emotion which are associated with females and found unacceptable for a male (Cavendish, 2010). These stereotypes can limit the communication between people as they may make incorrect assumptions that will influence the effectiveness of how they…

vocal communication as they often express subconscious feelings or thoughts. A holistic view of a cultures language can only be achieved after examining both the verbal and nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication is important to anthropological research because they are either culturally or globally shared. Learning more about how members of a society communicate may reveal more about their culture or explain actions that couldn 't otherwise be explained. An example of nonverbal…