2/9/2021
Week 6 Response to “Differences in emotional Expressivity”
Different Cultures has a different approach on how they
expressed their feelings. Feelings include positive and negative
emotions such as; feeling happy, feeling welcome, feeling well-rested, feeling
respected, smiling and laughing, enjoyment, unhappy, anger, stress, physical
distress, worry, sorrow, sadness, and pain both physical and emotional.
There are some
countries that are low-emotional expressivity like Japan,
Singapore, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. The Philippines is the most emotional
country, followed by El Salvador and Bahrain, Oman and Columbia, Guatemala,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, United States, etc. Negative emotions were highest in
the Middle East and North Africa, Iraq, Bahrain, Palestine. Latin America is
the highest positive emotions followed by Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
I don’t
know exactly the reason why these countries have a different emotional expression
but I want to give some ideas base on my observation as a Filipino I know-how
happy Filipino people were despite any circumstances they’re going through,
they remain affirmative it might be because of their lifestyle, religious
beliefs, cultural economic, political views, or caused by the educational system. In
Japan I can’t barely recognize if they’re happy or sad I often ask to my
friend are you happy? They will be answered yes! I will ask a follow-up question “Why
are you not smiling?” Impressively,
Japan
is the least emotionally expressive country but has the highest GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) and very low unemployment base on my observation. I can say, probably
religious beliefs play a big role in how a person finds happiness because for
Christian country Jesus Christ is the source of all Joy.
In conclusion
understanding these differences in emotional expressivity in our classroom or in any people, we can deal with a pure understanding of the students or people's feelings, we can better understand how to communicate effectively
and teach effectively without hesitation.
This is a great post! I loved how you included your experience as a Filipino; it seems that they are very passionate about life and try to remain always in the positive side. I agree with you that understanding these differences in emotional expressivity will help us be more aware of people' cultures and more able to help and understand them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my blog! glad you love it! Yes, you are right the more we know the cultural differences the more we become judgemental to others, we become better person, kinder and more loving. Have a great day!
DeleteHi Gerwin, I am really interested to know more about what the countries with low emotional expressivity. Do you happen to have links for those studies? :)
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Hello Aya, sorry for the late response you can search in the googles there's a lot of references about the different approaches in emotional expressiveness. Have a great day! Thank you for visiting my blog.
DeleteOur diverse emotional upbringing contributes to how we communicate and express ourselves with others. It is true that teachers who have a deep understanding of this aspect can deliver the message of the lesson with more neutrality and effectivity. I believe our Collective culture has helped us to be more socially competent. I still admire people who have an extrovert skills of expressivity and their individualism has made them different but we must guard out thought, feelings and words to be more genuine and true. Thank you for you insightful post Gerwin.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir John for the knowledge you have been imparted to us. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a great day!
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