In their study of emotion talk in mother-child conversations of the shared past, Fivush and
Wang (2005) found that American mothers and Chinese mothers tended to approach these
talks with their children differently. Which statement below best captures these differences?
American mothers encourage children to focus on happy events, while Chinese mothers encourage
children to focus on angry events
American mothers take a leader role, and have a lesson in mind, whereas Chinese mothers encourage
the child to express his thoughts and feelings
American mother focus more on generic events, while Chinese mothers tend to focus on specific
events
American mothers view emotion-talk as an opportunity to cultivate self-reflection and identity,
whereas Chinese mothers view them as an opportunity for socialization into group norms and
standards for psychological discipline.