Culture and Happiness (08-24-09)
People in American and Japanese cultures have different associations to happiness.
People in American and Japanese cultures have different associations to happiness.
Sherman and Clore have investigated the longstanding associations in Western cultures to black (linked to negative aspects of the world, such as evil) and white (associated with positive aspects of the world, such as purity).
Think the language you are speaking doesn’t influence how you perceive space? Think again.
Researchers Andy Taylor and Greg Tucker (University of Nottingham) analyzed the taste preferences of people living in various regions within the United Kingdom.
In experiments with native Africans who have never listened to Western music before being tested, Fritz and his colleagues found that the happy, sad, and fearful emotions expressed in the unfamiliar music could be identified by the Africans.
Uchida feels that successful Japanese interior design reflects Japanese culture; his opinions are similar to those of many other researchers who believe that members of particular national cultures thrive in specific sorts of spaces.
Are human scent preferences learned, or are they chemically determined?
Many designers collect information using surveys, but the people answering their questions do not always do so appropriately.
Chan, Wan, and Sin have learned that different sorts of situations annoy people from different countries.
People from Eastern and Western cultures make different spatial judgments.