Emotions: Culture and Emotion
Across cultures, researchers often find similarities in the ways emotion is expressed. Paul Ekman showed photographs of people expressing emotion to people of radically different cultures, and certain emotions, without question, carried universal me...
The Enduring Self: Exploring the Self
The notion of an enduring self that integrates a person's interactions and experiences continues to capture the attention of psychologists. The self and how it is shaped is at the core of psychological science. Recent research by Hazel Markus and he...
Different Strokes: Influence of Culture on Latino Relationships
Attitudes and motivations are created in a context of a culture. Angela Ginorio illustrates how traditional Latinos or Latinas structure a conversation before making a request that could place both parties in an awkward position.
People to People: Breeding Grounds for Violence
Violence breeds in neighborhoods where children go to sleep at night hearing gunfire. It lurks behind the closed doors of a family home in which intimate partner violence and child abuse are a way of life. Children who grow up with violence become p...