ch 10 Flashcards
2)interpersonally engaged or disengaged (connected with others or being separate)
Japanese participant who reported positive interpersonally emotions had more positive feelings in general
American who felt positive interpersonally DISENGAGED emotions had more positive feelings overall
Ideal effect: arousal emotions preferences in americans and japanese
americans prefer high arousal positive emotions
japanese prefer low arousal positive emotions
Culture consisting of diverse groups of people tend to have more expressive display rule than homogenous societies
European americans appear to be operating under an implicit theory that they should be happy whereas asian americans seem to operate under the theory that emotional experience, like other aspect of life should be balanced not upbeat all the time