When words matter: A cross-cultural perspective on lyrics and their relationship to musical emotions

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110133
Author(s):  
Gonçalo T Barradas ◽  
Laura S Sakka
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Evaluative Conditioning ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms

Several studies have investigated emotional reactions to instrumental music. However, studies on the effect of lyrics on emotions are limited. Previous studies suggest that the importance of lyrics may vary cross-culturally. The aim of this study was twofold: to investigate the effects of lyrics on aroused emotions and psychological mechanisms with music and to explore whether these differ cross-culturally. Fifty participants from Portugal and Sweden listened to six musical stimuli based on two songs, one representing each culture. These were presented in three versions each: the original, an instrumental, and the instrumental version with lyrics on the screen. The Portuguese and Swedish participants differed notably: the presence of lyrics did not affect listeners’ happiness in neither group as predicted, but did increase sadness, albeit only in the Portuguese group. Lyrics also increased nostalgia for the Portuguese listeners as predicted and surprise-astonishment for the Swedish listeners. Regarding the mechanisms, lyrics increased the activation of episodic memory in both groups, and the activation of evaluative conditioning, contagion, and visual imagery in the Portuguese group. The present study indicates that lyrics have an effect on musical emotions and mechanisms which vary between groups of different cultural backgrounds.

Development in Religious and Non-Religious Biographies from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Ramona Bullik ◽  
Sakin Özışık ◽  
Anika Steppacher
Keyword(s):  
Research Team ◽  
Faith Development ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Structural Evaluation ◽  
Faith Development Theory

Abstract How do people perceive their own religious, spiritual or atheist biography? This is a question that our research team has been focusing on for nearly two decades. Our developmental perspective critically, but constructively relates to Fowler’s (1981) Faith Development Theory, as described in Streib’s (2001) approach of religious styles, paying tribute to the fact that development is not, in most cases, a linear upward process. By combining Fowler’s structural evaluation method with approaches to content analyses, this paper will show the merit of these qualitative methods when looking at (religious) development in different surroundings. For that purpose, we present case studies with different cultural backgrounds. Their different trajectories and possible commonalities will be shown on a structural as well as on a content level. This approach enables us to reconstruct movement within the religious field and will show how this is displayed on a subjective, biographical level.

scholarly journals Study on Origin of English and Chinese Proverb

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 782
Author(s):  
Rongmei Yu
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Common

Proverbs are the summary of class struggle, working practice and life experience of human beings. Proverbs represent the unique characteristics and cultural features of a nation. People of various cultural backgrounds communicate with each other. Cross-cultural communication has been the focus of the present era. Only through communication can we learn from each other and come to know each other better. Only through communication can we give full play to human wisdom and enjoy the common fruits of civilization. The achievements brought about by cultural communication can never be over-estimated. Therefore, in order to gain a better cross-cultural communication with English speaking countries, it’s not only important but also necessary to understand the English and Chinese proverbs and their origins from a cultural perspective. This thesis analyzes and compares the cultural differences between English and Chinese proverbs from four aspects---Human experiences, Literary works, Religions and Social discrimination.

Measuring emotional music experience: Spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562110102
Author(s):  
Juliane Völker
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Evaluative Conditioning ◽  
Aesthetic Judgment ◽  
Spreading Activation ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Attentional Engagement ◽  
Music Experience ◽  
Brain Stem Reflexes ◽  
Sad Music

Spreading activation in the cognitive network explains why music is experienced as familiar or likable. It might also be a premise for the emotion-inducing mechanisms of the BRECVEMA framework (Brain stem reflexes, Rhythmic entrainment, Evaluative conditioning, Contagion, Visual imagery, Episodic memory, Musical expectancy, Aesthetic judgment). Both perspectives constitute important aspects of music experience and are influenced by individual differences. In two studies ( n = 125 and n = 153), potential indicators for spreading activation and BRECVEMA mechanisms for single instances of music listening were assessed with a new questionnaire. The results indicated that Typicality of music, Liking, and attentional Engagement underlie spreading activation. The mechanisms Evaluative conditioning and Contagion in unison (Conditioning/Contagion), as well as Visual imagery and Episodic memory could be reliably assessed. Findings revealed that (a) Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Visual imagery increased with musical expertise; (b) spreading activation and mechanisms were stronger when listening to self- rather than pre-selected music; (c) sad music evoked stronger Engagement, Conditioning/Contagion, and Episodic memory when it was self-selected; (d) spreading activation and mechanisms were associated with music empathizing and systemizing and the emotion regulation strategy reappraisal; and finally, (e) regulating sadness with sad music was associated with habitual suppression and stronger Conditioning/Contagion.

Through Thick and Thin: Teaching Ethics from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Horizons ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
James T. Bretzke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Models ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Teaching Ethics ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Curricular Development ◽  
Recent Attention

AbstractRecent attention given to the globalization of ethics, the prospects for a common morality, as well as related issues such as inculturation, pluralism, and multiculturalism all provide a challenging context for critical reflection on how theological ethics can be done in light of some of these challenges. A concrete course on “Cross-Cultural Models of Christian Ethics,” taught regularly at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, with participants from diverse theological and cultural backgrounds is presented with a view to stimulate further reflection on both the theological issues connected with doing cross-cultural ethics in the Christian theological tradition as well as aiding concrete curricular development in this area.

scholarly journals Business English as a Lingua Franca – A Cross-Cultural Perspective of Teaching English for Business Purposes

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Nataša Gajšt
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Business English ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Patterns Of Communication ◽  
Native Speakers Of English

In our era of globalisation, English is at the top of the languages used in international business. A vast majority of business communication in English is carried out by non-native speakers of English. In a cross-cultural exchange of information, the sender and the recipient come from different cultural backgrounds. The patterns of communication vary across the globe and non-native speakers tend to apply their native language patterns when communicating in English. This paper thus focuses on the concept of spoken communication and dimensions of culture and how they are reflected in communication patterns in different business situations. It also addresses the teaching of Business English as a lingua franca and the role of Business English teachers in helping learners develop their communicative and intercultural competence in order to communicate effectively in a multicultural work environment.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Klassen ◽  
Mimi Bong ◽  
Ellen L. Usher ◽  
Wan Har Chong ◽  
Vivien S. Huan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective
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