Emotions and culture

Do colors and emotions have a connection? In our everyday lives, colors impact the way we feel without even noticing the connection. Color is an inseparable part of our lives that we tend to perceive things through. It has a deep impact on our emotions and feelings. We learn as we grow, especially in school, to associate colors with emotions. For instance, children in school learn that the color green is associated with being glad and red being associated with anger. Yet do they know that the…

mean in a particular situation according to the cultural context. Considering the cultural element helps us understand that the translator is not only person involved in the translation process, he also gives us a new culture with another way of thinking, deep understanding the culture of another nations. For instance, in the book entitled Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner, the main character, Adam Gordon, is a young American poet who came to Madrid, Spain, for a fellowship, translates…

Culture contributes to stress because each culture has its own values and norms. Depending on what your culture values, a certain event that is stressful to one culture may be considered to be of lesser importance to another culture. Traditional cultures and Western cultures tend to express their emotions and reactions to stress differently. Minorities in Western society can experience stress influenced by culture if they have difficulty identifying with one or both cultures they are apart of.…

Culture refers to the beliefs, ideas, traditions and behaviors portrayed by certain communities that are passed from one generation to another. It is defined in many ways. Defined by social scientist, culture includes all areas of life. All humans have a culture. We all have a cultural background and without it there would be no framework for our lives. We are not born with culture; we have to learn it. Throughout the development of our entire life span, culture is learned from the society in…

defining aspects of a culture. Language allows for members of a culture to communicate with one another, express ideas, emotion, and most importantly, express who they are as individuals. Certain phrases, or “idioms,” can also be expressed through a culture’s language. These idioms are often unique to a cultural group and can have their own ties to the culture’s history, values, and practices. The remainder of the text will examine the Spanish language, its influence on the culture, and three…

acquired, culture is basically a specific way of living for a particular society or civilization. According to the Centre for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, the term culture refers to the cognitive constructs, collective patterns of conduct and communication and affective comprehension that are learnt through the process known as Socialization. In this essay the two distinct cultures (Saudi Arabia and Trinidad and Tobago) will be explored through three characteristics of culture.…

Sakhizada (215030265) Jennifer Meness AP/SOSC 1140 10 October 2017 Individual Autonomy and Social Structure In Dorothy Lee’s reading Individual Autonomy and Social structure provides readers a clear view of different cultures. Lee’s focus is to see how these different cultures implement the simple idea of individual autonomy into their everyday lives. She points out the individual autonomy of non-western societies to the individuality of western society. One group provides full…

predominant culture in the United States incorporates communicating in English, practices Protestant Christian religion, and having European heritage, traits and attribute I do not possess. Therefore, my race is a co-culture. Because of the 'social effects that African Americans a subject to, it has become important to me, to be part of a community who knows the effects that racial discrimination and injustice, can have on a person of color. Generation Another of my co-culture is…

Lu and Anzaldua being in similar situations they both responded differently to society trying to conform them from their culture in order to be “socially accepted”. ”Like others having or living in more than one culture, we get multiple, often opposing messages.” (Anzaldua pg.78). What you do and the way you react in order to stand up for yourself, your beliefs, your culture, etc. is going to impact the rest of your life. Knowing that you should make sure your decisions are beneficial to your…

The Nonverbal Communication System of the Japanese Culture in Comparison to Some Asian Cultures INTRODUCTION Understanding various cultures requires a huge appreciation of cultural diversities. It is very essential to have at least, a background of a certain cultural society to avoid misunderstandings which might occur between you and another person or a group which practices a different way of thinking and actuations than you do since each culture has a certain belief on what is to be…