Even our most private feelings are shaped by the culture around us.
Chapter 1

The chemical storm inside us

Chapter 2

The universal language of faces

Chapter 3

Cultural dialects of emotion

Chapter 4

The hidden layers of complex emotions

YOUR GOAL

Master of How our bodies speak the language of feelings

Ch 3 · Cultural dialects of emotion
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sable The psychological science behind the German feeling of schadenfreude

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sable Cultural Dialects of Emotion

Universal signs, subtle local lines, a native accent on the face.

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Even our most private feelings are shaped by the culture around us.

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sable Unspoken social rules dictate how people display their emotions.

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The complex German satisfaction of schadenfreude

sable Combining the German words for harm and joy, this feeling occurs when misfortune strikes highly successful or envied

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The deep Japanese comfort of amae

sable Warmly lit 3D characters show the physical expressions and sweet symptoms of amae

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The Feeling Compass
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sable Drag physical symptoms onto the compass to discover how each emotion is expressed.

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Fun Fact

The Iktsuarpok feeling: In Inuit culture, 'iktsuarpok' is the unique mix of anticipation and anxiety felt when waiting for someone to arrive.

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Glossary
in-group advantage (noun)
The phenomenon where individuals perform better on tasks involving members of their own social or cultural group. In 2007, researchers demonstrated this phenomenon by comparing how participants from Gabon and Quebec communicated facial expressions.

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Gossip

Do you prefer keeping your feelings private or sharing them openly?

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Quiz

In Inuit culture, what does the word 'iktsuarpok' specifically describe?

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sable The Japanese concept of amae.

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What did the 1972 emotional study reveal about Japanese students watching stressful films in front of an authority figure?

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sable The Southern African philosophy of ubuntu connects people through shared humanity

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What term do psychologists use for cultural norms that dictate how and when emotions should be publicly expressed?

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Which Japanese term, analyzed by Takeo Doi in 1971, describes a comfortable, child-like dependence on another's benevolence?

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Quiz

Which cultural value emphasizes group harmony and collective emotional states over individual personal goals?

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Which brain region, associated with pleasure and reward, is activated when a person experiences schadenfreude?

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What does the German word 'Schadenfreude' literally translate to in English?

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Quiz

Who popularized the Southern African emotional philosophy of ubuntu globally during the 1990s?

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