5/26/21 w06 Differences in Emotional Expressiveness

 






Listening to Professor Iver about high tolerance for emotional expressions and a low tolerance for emotional expressions helped me better understand why some cultures act differently in public even though all human beings have the same emotional expressions or facial gestures.

As a Latin American that I am, my culture has a high tolerance for expressions of emotions, for example, when a loved one dies, families tend to demonstrate our heartbreaking pain with tears, sometimes screams. Attitudes that I did not see in British people and I thought "how cold they are", but now I understand their behavior in public I am sure that in the privacy of home they will express their emotions freely. Our emotional expression in public changes and it can be influenced by the ingrained culture around us.

But this high tolerance or low tolerance to emotional expressions can not only be seen in different cultures but even in the people around us, even though we are from the same culture. In my country, we are usually very expressive when meeting our friends and even more so if we have known each other for years and we give each other a big hug, but some people are not very expressive that a simple greeting is enough for them, then the pandemic arrived and with them the rules For biosecurity, that was terrible for us because it meant no longer hugging anyone outside your home or shaking hands, except for a friendship kiss. We are still undergoing this drastic change in our culture, perhaps some are not affected but the vast majority do. All this will happen and I wonder: will we be the same emotionally expressive after this pandemic?
                    

Knowing these concepts gives me a clearer vision of how my perception and tolerance should be for the emotional expressions of students and avoiding negative conclusions, the same applies at home.

Comentarios

  1. Karina Rodriguez Nieto27 de mayo de 2021 a las 11:34 a.m.

    I am from Mexico and we have very similarities to express our emotions as you said and I agree with you how the culture affects our expressions in public and private places.

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  2. Helen J. Klinger27 de mayo de 2021 a las 3:48 p.m.

    It seems to me that, over time, after this pandemic, we'll recover the same habits of greeting people and expressing ourselves.

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  3. noemicanterasalcedo27 de mayo de 2021 a las 9:55 p.m.

    I think yes, because we are very expressive and that makes different us.

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