Online: Cultural differences (3)

Show or hide your emotions?

Although emotions are common to everyone, different cultural backgrounds often have their own expectations on how to express them. For instance, in some cultures, it is encouraged to openly display your emotions, whereas in others, it is viewed as impolite, particularly when it comes to expressing negative emotions.

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Learn how to deal better with cultural differences
Reading time: 30 minutes, exclusive of practice and assignments
Study time: 1 hour (estimated)
Total duration: 1-2 weeks

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Emotions are universal. However, depending on your cultural background, people also have their own ideas about how one should express themselves. In one culture, it's seen as better to show your emotions. While in another culture expressing emotions, especially negative ones, is considered impolite

During this course, you'll focus on how different cultures deal with emotional expression. Some cultures are very relaxed about showing emotions, whether they are positive or not. In other cultures, emotions may not be as visible. However, that doesn't mean these cultures don't have them! Emotions are everywhere, no matter where you come from. However, due to cultural differences, emotions are expressed differently and reacted towards differently, both verbally and nonverbally. Therefore, how you react to a situation has a lot to do with your culture.This learning journey offers tools to help deal with people from different cultures. Ideal for going on vacation, meetings at work, city trips, or just when you happen to meet someone with a different background.

You'll learn:

how different cultures express different emotions
about high arousal and low arousal cultures
that culture determines emotional expression
why people react the way they do

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