Comments on: Smiling Means Different Things in Different Cultures https://allpsych.com/smiling-means-different-things-in-different-cultures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smiling-means-different-things-in-different-cultures The Virtual Psychology Classroom Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Marj Evans-de-Carpio https://allpsych.com/smiling-means-different-things-in-different-cultures/#comment-2413 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:40:19 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=385#comment-2413 I’ve always noted that White US Americans try to make sure that their driver’s license photo catches them smiling so that they look pleasant or attractive. Mexicans, for whom I have done a lot of interpreting at the motor vehicle office, try to make sure that they are not caught smiling in their driver’s license photos, in order to look serious or businesslike.

I googled this topic because I noticed a First Nations man was smiling as he recounted extremely painful accounts of things he lived through. I was wondering what a smile means in his culture. Clearly it doesn’t mean what it means in my White US culture–that this is pleasant to me. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

]]> By: JoAna Dwyer https://allpsych.com/smiling-means-different-things-in-different-cultures/#comment-2412 Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:47:52 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=385#comment-2412 Very interesting article! I live among the Maya and they never smile for photos. I wonder if it the could be the issue of intelligence or trustworthiness????

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