What comes to mind when you see someone smile? Do you think that person is happy? Embarrassed? Expressing deference? What were some of the cues that helped you interpret the expression correctly?
What comes to mind when you see someone smile? Do you think that person is happy? Embarrassed? Expressing deference? What were some of the cues that helped you interpret the expression correctly?Or perhaps you did not interpret the situation correctly. Perhaps you misread the facial expression and body language and it led to confusion, misattribution, and misunderstandings. Misinterpretations are easy enough with someone from your own cultural background, but imagine the complexity when in a different cultural context or multicultural environment.Emotion has been debated, analyzed, and researched across disciplines. It can be generally understood as a multicomponential process, which typically includes a preceding event, physiological response, assessment, expressive behavior, and change in cognition. Emotions are a universal phenomena for humans, but they are shaped by culture. Culture affects how emotions are experienced, expressed, perceived, reacted to, and regulated by the norms of culture and society.In this Assignment, you research a country and culture of your choice. Analyze emotions within that country’s cultural context and propose a sensitivity training course with a focus on emotion-laden situations for travelers to the country you selected.a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that is part of a cultural sensitivity training course that includes the following:Be sure to support your Assignment with specific references to the additional resources you researched for your country, emotion-laden situations, and any other applicable resources.
