Write a discussion post (at least 300 words) reflecting on Dr. Jeanne Tsai’s talk on how culture shapes our feelings. Dr. Tsai discusses how culture influences our emotions and the emotions we ideally want to feel. She focuses on cultural differences and similarities in actual versus ideal affect. Dr. Tsai video
1. Tell us what you found most interesting in Dr. Tsai’s research and findings.
2. Explain what issues might arise from not understanding the differences across cultures regarding how people feel and what they want to feel. Provide an example from the real world where not understanding these differences could cause problems. Your example can come from any domain in the world (e.g., doctors treating patients, companies trying to improve workflows, political diplomats negotiating agreements, corporations making deals with each other, people interacting in everyday situations, etc.). Describe the real-world situation you chose, explain how the cultural differences in effect might exist, and what problems can emerge from misunderstanding or ignoring those cultural differences. This video contains information that may be new to students who are not psychology majors. For example, bipolar depression is different than (unipolar) depression. People feel manic or depressed and lack the stability of middle ground emotion. Therefore, they are treated with mood stabilizers instead of clinical depression medication intervention of antidepressants.