Chapter Review

Recognizing cultural similarities and differences in emotion may provide insights into other psychological health and well-being, as well as preventing potentially harmful miscommunication. Although misunderstandings are unintentional, they can result in negative consequences including pervasive prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Future research examining other cultural contexts is needed. Because more and more people are being raised within multiple cultural contexts (e.g., for many Chinese Americans, a Chinese immigrant culture at home and mainstream American culture at school), more research is needed to examine how people negotiate and integrate these different cultures in their emotional lives (for examples, see De Leersnyder, Mesquita, & Kim, 2011; Perunovic, Heller, & Rafaeli, 2007)

Vocabulary

Emotions are rapid information-processing systems that help us act with minimal thinking

Extrinsic motivation arises from external factors, things outside the person

Intrinsic motivation arises from internal factors; things within the person

Moods are subjective states of being that occur over long periods of time

Motivation describes the wants or needs that direct behavior toward a goal