It has been proven that all humans speak and understand the same emotional language, no matter where you are in the world. Although, culture sets the standard for when to show certain emotions and for the social appropriateness of various emotional displays. These standards vary from one place to the next. The example from the book involves Americans and Finns. Finnish culture seems to involve one facial expression for many different emotions. Happiness, sadness, confusion are all the same face. Whereas, American culture seems to involve a variety of facial expressions for emotions. Finnish people likely believe Americans are immature children. Guilt also changes from culture and from person to person. Some psychologists believe guilt is designed to keep us from repeating bad behaviors in the future. This is called withdrawal motivation. The opposite of this, or approach motivation, means others see guilt as a form of social control that motivates us to keep our behavior in line with the moral standards of our community. There are a variety of things that influence how we express feelings, and culture takes a large part those
It has been proven that all humans speak and understand the same emotional language, no matter where you are in the world. Although, culture sets the standard for when to show certain emotions and for the social appropriateness of various emotional displays. These standards vary from one place to the next. The example from the book involves Americans and Finns. Finnish culture seems to involve one facial expression for many different emotions. Happiness, sadness, confusion are all the same face. Whereas, American culture seems to involve a variety of facial expressions for emotions. Finnish people likely believe Americans are immature children. Guilt also changes from culture and from person to person. Some psychologists believe guilt is designed to keep us from repeating bad behaviors in the future. This is called withdrawal motivation. The opposite of this, or approach motivation, means others see guilt as a form of social control that motivates us to keep our behavior in line with the moral standards of our community. There are a variety of things that influence how we express feelings, and culture takes a large part those