Culture and Emotion
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Culture and Emotion. Emotional expression at least in its basic facial expressions seems to be consistent across cultures Culture can shape how we read more ambiguous facial expressions
Culture and Emotion
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Culture and Emotion • Emotional expression at least in its basic facial expressions seems to be consistent across cultures • Culture can shape how we read more ambiguous facial expressions • Cohen & Gunz (2002) - put people in a variety of moods and asked people to evaluate ambiguous facial expressions • White Canadians projected their own emotions on to the faces • Asian Canadians projected the complimentary emotion (i.e., if they were angry they saw fear) onto the faces
Subcultural Differences - The Culture of Honor in the Southern US and Anger • Cohen & Nisbett (1994) - Perceptions of violence in the North and South, survey data; not much of a man data • Cohen, Nisbett, Bowdle, & Schwarz (1996) • Insult and anger
Subcultural Differences - The Culture of Honor in the Southern US and Anger (cont.) • Cohen & Nisbett (1994) - Perceptions of violence in the North and South, survey data; not much of a man data • Cohen, Nisbett, Bowdle, & Schwarz (1996) • Insult and anger • Insult and testosterone study
Subcultural Differences - The Culture of Honor in the Southern US and Anger (cont.) • Cohen & Nisbett (1994) - Perceptions of violence in the North and South, survey data; not much of a man data • Cohen, Nisbett, Bowdle, & Schwarz (1996) • Insult and anger • Insult and testosterone study • Insult and playing chicken study
Culture and Language • Language can be a strong cue to cultural orientation • Ross, Xun, & Wilson (2002) - Had Bilingual Chinese students answer questions about themselves in Chinese or English • In English their responses looked much like Whites • In Chinese they reported lower self-esteem and listed about as many negative as positive aspects of themselves • Language learning and culture • Additive bilingualism - When those who speak the dominant language learn a language that is not dominant it helps them • Subtractive bilingualism - When those who speak a non-dominant language learn the dominant language it is a threat to their cultural identity.