How does culture influence our judgments of facial expressions?

•1 ST PARAGRAPH•How does culture influence our judgments of facial expressions? This research was designed to study how culture can affect our interpretation of facial expressions. One finding from past research on facial expressions is that persons from East Asian cultures are more inclined than persons from Western cultures to incorporate elements of the context in their judgments of facial expressions. One important element of the context is the specific situation that makes a person feel angry, sad, disgusted, and so forth. When interpreting a facial expression, which is more important: the facial expression you see or the emotional context that might produce a particular facial expression? The authors hypothesize that one’s culture may influence which factor is more important. Click here to browse through the full-length study, and then answer the following questions (in a substantive way) based on the information you find: What do the authors mean by the term context differentiation? In their study, how were vignettes and facial expressions used to test their hypotheses?What was the main difference between U.S., Korean, and Japanese participants? What were the main limitations of this study? •2ND PARAGRAPH•Talking Hands Watch someone speak for about ten minutes. A professor giving a lecture, a stand-up comedian (or late-night talk show host) giving a monologue, or a politician giving a speech are good examples. As you watch, record five specific instances when the speaker used a particular gesture.Describe each gesture as fully as you can: What was said while the gesture was being made? What did the gesture look like? Using the gesture categories identified in our Chapter 6 materials (e.g., pantomimic, ideographic, etc.), classify each of the five gestures you recorded. Did the speaker’s gestures help their presentation in any tangible way? Why or why not? Were you able to classify each of the gestures easily? Why or why not? Did the speaker use various gestures or did they stick to a certain type?•3RD PARAGRAPH•How does a speaker’s age affect what we think of the speaker? In this study, the researchers were interested in finding out how the first impressions of young adult listeners were affected by the voices of young, middle-aged, and older adult speakers. Participants listened to speakers ranging in age from 22 to 79 delivering a neutral-content passage; then the participants completed a questionnaire asking them to judge the speakers on a variety of character traits. Click here to browse through the full-length study, and then answer the following questions (in a substantive way) based on the information you find: How did the researchers get people to participate in this study? In this a representative sample of young adult listeners? What did the researchers discover about the first impressions of older and younger speakers? Did the results of this study support the stereotypes we have about older persons? Explain. •4TH PARAGRAPH•Voicing Your Feelings “I have to go now, but I’ll be back in about 15 minutes.”To someone you know, say this sentence eight times, each time trying to say it in a way that expresses each of the feelings/moods/states listed below. See if your listener can figure out which feeling you are trying to convey. Make sure your voice is doing most of the work, as opposed to relying on other nonverbal cues or pantomime to change the meaning of what you’re saying. Anger Depression Fatigue Elation Nervousness Disgust Uncertainty Fear Answer the following questions in a substantive way: Were you successful in conveying each feeling/mood/state? Why or why not?Were some more difficult than others? Why and/or how so? How did you change your vocal behavior each time?