Culture Differences and the Expression of Emotions
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Culture Differences and the Expression of Emotions
In the world, there are different forms of cultures that are present. These cultures have different ways of living that distinguish each one of them from one another. Different elements are related to culture. One of these elements is communication. Every culture has a way that they communicate with one another. Communication is important because it helps the individual to express themselves to one another. Emotion is an example of an issue that most individuals would want to express to their colleagues. Expressing emotions is important because it helps to understand the kind of situation that a person is undergoing. The difference in culture brings out the difference in how people can express themselves. This paper will focus on cultural difference and how emotion can be expressed.
Different cultures have different ways that they can express their emotions. One of these ways is through facial expression. Facial expression is one most common methods that human beings can express their emotions. This expression plays a significant role during communication. Different types of facial expression can be used to show various emotions that an individual is experiencing. Different people can use various forms of facial expressions. One of these expressions is smiling. Individuals from certain cultures will smile when they are expressing happiness while there are others who will not. The other form of facial expression is frowning. Frowning is mostly used by different people to show that they are bored or angry with something. Also, gazing is used by various people to show expression their emotions. Some people will gaze to show that they are surprised at something. Facial expression tends to vary due to the difference in the culture of various people. For example, certain cultures are perceived less likely to exhibit negative emotions such as the Japanese people. These people will always exhibit positive emotions at any time even when someone has done something wrong to them. On the other hand, certain individuals might show negative emotions through frowning even when there have not been wronged.
The second way that culture related to the expression of emotions is through social interaction. Some individuals might belong to certain cultural groups that have been discriminated for a certain period. An example of such a group are the blacks. The whites have discriminated most of the blacks due to their culture. This issue plays a significant role in how these individuals will express themselves in social interactions. For example, when a black person is interacting with the white individuals, he or she will find it hard to express the emotion for fear of victimization. Therefore, these individuals will not have the opportunity to express themselves.
The third method that human beings show their emotions is through gesture. The use gestures tend to vary depending on the culture of a person. In most cases, the gesture is used to show anger. For example, there are people from certain cultures whom when they become angry or frustrated, they will express their emotion by throwing up their hands. On the contrary, there are some cultures whereby an individual will remain calm event when frustrated.
The next method that people express their emotions is through crying. Crying is mostly used when individuals are expressing a sad emotion. This expression varied according to different cultures. There are some people from certain cultures who will find it hard to cry even though they have been faced with a tough or a hard situation. However, there are others that are easy to let down their tears.
Communication is the other way that people can use to express their emotions. Different cultures have come up with an approach that individuals can communicate and express their feeling well. As a result, there are some cultures whereby an individual will express their feeling of being communicating and saying how they fell about something or an activity. On the contrary, people from other cultures will find it somehow difficult to talk to someone about how they feel. Therefore, these individuals will remain conservation to the emotions that they are experiencing.
Fear is another emotion that can be expressed by human beings. This emotion can be expressed in different ways and varies depending on the culture of individuals. There are some cultures whereby individuals will express fear through energized muscles. When these individuals are faced by fear, they will be shocked and try to move their muscles in a way that tries to move them from the fear. However, some individuals might not move an inch when faced with fear.