Emotion and Social Acceptance
Emotion and Social Acceptance Research and Recommendation Paper: Each student will choose an
emotion and write a 3-page research paper on the specific emotion and social acceptance toward the
identified emotion. Lastly, students will identify a minimum of 3 recommendations for increasing
acceptance cross-culturally of the researched emotion.
In the body of the paper, please be sure to address the following:
What is your emotion?
Why did you choose it?
Description of your emotion according to research
How widely accepted is this emotion across American society according to research?
How widely accepted is this emotion across International societies according to research?
Why do you think there might be differences when examining emotion/emotional expression cross-
culturally?
What are 3 recommendations you would set forth for increasing acceptance of emotions/emotional
expression across various societies?