Killer Cultures: Discovering the Effects of Culture on One's Personal Happiness

Have you ever thought about the way you express your emotions? Emotions are a significant part of our lives. They enable us to express our feelings to those around us. How we express our emotion is determined by a mixture of culture and family influences that directs our gender to express emotions differently. People are more likely to experience emotions versus being able to express them. They way we express our emotions changes over time. As we get older, we learn about how we should and shouldn’t express our emotions based upon the expectations of our gender in the culture in which we were raised.

     Culture and personality work together in unison in a process of giving-and-taking. According to Benedict, it is not important to stress what sets culture and individual apart. It is important to concentrate on what it is that brings them together, “It is always a give-and-take. The problem of the individual is not

Arriving at a foreign country at the age of eleven years old was and exiting and yet intimidating experience. High buildings, wide roads, newer and nicer cars on the streets were some of the first things I noticed when I arrived to the city of Los Angeles CA. Living in a country where you were not born in could be difficult some times. Although Spanish is spoken at a grand scale in CA, it was difficult to communicate with and understand the teachers from my classes at the elementary level since all they spoke was English. Los Angeles is a city of great diversity, therefore it is believed to be the perfect place for any person arriving from another country to not feel like a foreign, such believe

Moreover, researchers have correlated religion with increased life expectancy, longevity, and lower mortality rates (Chiswick & Mirtcheva, 2013; George et al., 2000; Lee & Newberg, 2005; Marks, 2005). Evidently, religion and spirituality produce positive biological health outcomes.

Mental health problems are believed to be the result of a combination of factors, including age, genetics and environmental factors. One of the most obvious, yet under-recognized factors in the development of major trends in mental health is the role of nutrition.(Associate Parliamentary & Health, 2008). Recent evidence suggests that good nutrition is essential for our mental health and that a number of mental health conditions may be influenced by dietary factors.. The body of evidence linking both diet and mental health is growing at a rapid pace ( Associate Parliamentary & Health, 2008). Recently, there have been a number of published studies identifying an inverse association between diet quality and the common mental disorders, namely depression and anxiety, in adults (Bellisle, 2004). Other prospective studies suggest that diet quality influences the risk for depressive illness in adults over time. The evidence indicates that food plays a contributing role in the development, management and prevention of specific mental health problems such as depression, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease ( Associate Parliamentary & Health, 2008).

Everybody has their own way to define the word happiness. Happiness has a different point of view for people. On my side, happiness is a mental and emotional state of well -being. There is happiness in being creative in dealing with problems achievement of wanting results because better is not enough the best is yet to come. Looking for happiness within myself sometimes be the most significant thing to accomplish. It is necessary to know that it has functional relationships with other people. People thought and knowing themselves helps them move forward with their life as well as provide a sense of peace and fulfillment. Happiness has to be shared with other people and helping others. Happiness is similar in Tanzania culture and American culture

The human person was not exactly what I was expecting when walking into the class. To be honest, I really didn’t know what to expect all I knew is that we were going to talk about human development which we did and one of the books was Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development, but I never thought that we were going to talk about The Future Is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet and how they migrated to the U.S. from Mexico or the Resurrection Song: African-American Spirituality, where it talks about the African culture and life they had when they were taken into slavery. I have to say that these book were actually really good. I learned something each week when reading these books.

Religious faith is manifested in many ways such as through prayers and testimonies among believers. The distinction between devotedness and those leading their lives without religion is that believers attain purpose to their existence while non-believers rely on their might to achieve their goals in life. Time and again, living a life full of faith demands much devotion and dedication, something that is much deeper than simple conformity to religious anticipations depicted by “Her letters testify to regular and long prayer sessions, alone or with her family members, during which she would often read the Scriptures, and pray on the Psalms. “(Rice 2). An individuals’ relation to other people in the community coupled with their religious beliefs helps them to withstand the social, economic and political problems that they can encounter from time to time. Believers acquire their faith from reading the scripture and believing that there is a superior being that is responsible for catering for all their needs. The religious lives of Caryll Houselander and that of Elizabeth Ann Seton are both prominent, and studying the distinction between the religious aspects that shaped each of their lives .

Within the purview of the understanding of the theory of the person, relativism holds sway. Several things are at play in forming an individual’s response to external stimuli. An individual’s understanding of his culture often informs these responses. Whereas individual’s understanding of culture(s) is limited, that is the point where relativism comes in. where a knowledge stops is where another start, hence opinions vary in relation to the individual experience of a subject matter. The dynamics of a culture is dependent on its environment. These variables also have deep rooted relations with biology (Sapolsky 2017: 3). Sapolsky infers that there is a

While we drive to Pacentro, my mother was in tears. Soon, before I even noticed, we were seated at a wonderful dinner table, inside Virginia’s home. We had many wonderful foods, such as pasta. After dinner we were heading off to our town house, which is where we would be staying the whole Italy trip.

There are many theories behind the connection of foods consumed by humans and their moods followed by the consumption. One that stands out most is that the affects of vitamins and chemicals in the human body cause changes in their moods and behaviors. This literature review takes a journey in this world, and informs the reader about the connections between foods and moods, and ways to use this knowledge to their advantage. The articled used in this literature review are: Can the Food You Eat Affect Your Mood? By Mercola, How Food Affects Your Mood, You Are What You Eat, and last but not least Your Brain on Food by McQuillan. These articles contain information on the relationship between different types of food and different types of moods,

Culture is defined as the group of similar values, goals, outlooks, ideas and traditions that a shared by a certain group of people. The human race is diverse and varied, filled with many cultures. There are many differences in these cultures and because of these differences; the definition of normal differs from culture to culture. It only makes sense that diagnoses of psychopathologic disorders vary from culture to culture. However certain things will not change because fundamentally, we all still belong to the same species.

A manifesto according to dictionary.com is “a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization. ("The Definition of Manifesto.")” Humanities manifesto would be “To broaden the knowledge of the arts, music, and literature of Western culture to the youth.” There are 6 main objectives. The first objective is to be able to demonstrate an understanding on major works in art, music, and Western literature (James Larner, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Annie Loechle, James Johnston, and Jeffrey Nelson.). Through this first objective the youth will be able to have a deeper understanding on the present as a product of the past. The second objective is to recognize and then be able to describe major cultural and intellectual movements of the periods being covered in humanities. Then to be able to synthesize them with the art, music, and Western literature (James Larner, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Annie Loechle, James Johnston, and Jeffrey Nelson.). Through the second movement the youth will have the chance to have intellectual conversations with different cultures and to adults. The third objective is to have the youth understand the present as it mediates through the past; vise versa (James Larner, Marcia Eppich-Harris, Annie Loechle, James Johnston, and Jeffrey Nelson.). This objectives purpose is to let the youth appreciate where we are now as a

Cultural differences effect many aspects of our daily lives. With the many different cultures embedded in the United States, it is important that everyone has an understanding and respect for the melting pot that is encountered daily in our communities, workplaces and schools.

This paper will weigh if there is a relationship between the psychological constructs of cultural identity and well-being. First there will be a consideration on what defines a cultural identity and how it fits in with psychological development and well-being. Followed by an explanation of different perspectives of well-being.