Emotions and culture

people from other cultures and backgrounds. We find it interesting and enriching. But sometimes, things might go wrong and we may not know the reason. Knowing and understanding dimensions of cultures can prevent any misunderstandings and help us to work more effectively. 1. Individualism versus Collectivism Individualism- People believes personal freedom and action. They believe that you simply build your own choices, which you need to watch out of yourself. When in a culture, people follow…

There is multiple and varieties of cultures and beliefs in the world that represent who and where everyone comes from. “The medicine Bag “ and “Rite of Passage” both have many things in common and many things the main characters do differently in their cultures. Watching the video is very differently from reading the story, they both give completely different perspectives of the topic. In the story “ The medicine Bag” and in the video “Rite of Passage” there is a variety of similarities…

To start, Stadium Pow Pow by A Tribe Called Red Ft Black Bear, showcases the beauty, complexity and livelihood of the Native culture. This video embodies the Native culture by displaying the traditional outfits, the dancing, the musical element, as well as the people. I would describe this video as a perfect embodiment of the true nature, the livelihood, and the strength of the native tribe through colours, scenery, music and dancing. Our current generation are not strangers to the media. The…

It is a known fact that most people in the world own or have access to a digital device that has instant messaging capabilities. When utilizing instant messaging, people use graphic representations of emotions called emoticons. In other words, emoticons are a construction of the words “emotion” and “icon” that represent facial expressions using standard keyboard characters (Skovholt, 2014). With the prevalent use of instant messaging, business communications have shifted with the times where it…

relationships between appraisals of a situation and corresponding emotions. This paper will use three additional articles to demonstrate that one’s culture and environment influence one subconsciously to reappraise a situation, not so that the primary appraisal changes, but so that it is weakened. Imada, T., & Ellsworth, P. C. (2011). Proud americans and lucky japanese: Cultural differences in appraisal and corresponding emotion. Emotion, 11(2), 329-345.…

In Anhu situation of moving states and trying to adapt to his culture in his family is causing him to get distracted in school and stress. A socio cultural psychologist would explain that the pressure and stress is due to Anhu moving from Ohio to Pakistan which are two very different states and cultures and can be difficult to adapt and adjust as a young male. The psychodynamic psychologist may suggest that he’s very hard on himself to be like others in Pakistan and may be overthinking fitting…

In various different cultures there are traditions and rituals that define what it means to be a man or a woman in a specific culture. Growing up in the U.S i have seen many ways in which biological origins have influenced the gender roles in a society. Different roles vary in different countries all around the world from labor, marrige, socaliaation and education. However, as things change a wide variety of things are accepted in todays time,. Tradiontionally, in most countries the woman are…

Chapter 10 called, “Emotions in Motion” comes from the textbook The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychology. This chapter goes into detail about how emotions guide much of what we do, how they focus our attention, help us record experiences in our memory, and arouse us. Emotions are feelings that drive us to behave in certain ways, they’re inherited, specialized mental states designed to deal with recurring situations in the world. This chapter gets into how emotions are more complicated than…

today; they are: my family, my Nigerian culture, and Christianity. My autobiography paints a picture of the influence of the three factors on me and my identity. First, the interaction with my family affects my values. In my opinion value is something that is rated as highly important. Free…

one alternative against another”(Johnson 6). In this way, values allow for a group to have a set of points or guidelines to follow in terms of behavior and action. Many values correlate to guiding principals that can be extremely important for a culture to use as a guide. Some of the values that my family finds most important are honesty, trustworthiness, and teamwork. These values help us to set up expectations and guidelines for our actions. For example, my siblings and I were always told…