Culture and Experience Shape Emotions
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different people because of their backgrounds and past experiences
Mastery Evidence
- Explain why two people might have very different emotional reactions to the same event
- Give an example of how a past experience shaped someone's emotional response
- Describe how cultural background might influence what makes someone feel proud or embarrassed
Assessment Prompt
“If one child in [child]'s class gets very scared during a thunderstorm while others think it's exciting, can [child] understand that the scared child might have had a frightening experience with storms before?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
PSPE-ID-CU-P3-1IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes onlyPrerequisites1
- Hidden and Masked FeelingshardAges 7—9
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- Hidden and Masked Feelings hard
Cultural shaping of emotions builds on knowing people mask/hide feelings
- Expressing Feelings with Words hard
Recognising masked feelings builds on expressing own feelings appropriately
- Triggers and Causes of Feelings soft
Expressing feelings in words benefits from understanding triggers
- Naming Basic Emotions soft
Calming strategies benefit from naming the emotion you're trying to manage
- Words for Big Feelings hard
Calming strategies (calm, breathe, settle) rely on knowing this vocabulary to name and apply the techniques
- Mild to Strong Emotions soft
Recognising masked feelings benefits from understanding emotion intensity
Unlocks2
- Emotional Patterns Over TimesoftAges 9—11
- Identity and Belonging in AdolescencehardAges 12—13