PSYC18H3 Chapter 3: PSYC18 chapter 3
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Chapter 3 cultural understandings of emotions y. Encountered how different emotional lives of people on ifaluk are from own people. Should be sitting quietly, as good socially intelligent people do. Little girl should not have displayed ker, with risk of misbehaviour. difference in anger song, or justifiable anger, occurs with public breach of social rules. Song is not anger as west experience it, arising from violation of right it s social duty to express song if notice anything that could disrupt social harmony. Song is response to metagu anxious concern for others. Construction of emotions in west y how to characterize implicit theory of emotions in west. First, might note distrust of emotions if want to disparage an argument, say they re being. In west, not consistent because we think emotions are guarantee of authenticity guide to true selves y y y appreciation became marked in europe and america during romanticism.
