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You call that happy!? Cultural differences in Emotion

You call that happy!? Cultural differences in Emotion

Happiness. It seems like something that should be constant and consistent across cultures; however ETIC studies such as those by Dr. Tsai have indicated otherwise!  Read the great summary article below on her work at Stanford on culture, emotion and the role that culture plays 

Understanding Socio Cultural Impacts on Cognition

Understanding Socio Cultural Impacts on Cognition

Download the Learning Helper below and use the articles linked below to facilitate your understanding of the ways in which culture can affect our cognition: Sociocultural_Effects_on_Cognition University of Michigan research on the perceptual differences of Americans and Japanese:  http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/080800hth-behavior-culture.html Research on how language can affect