Personal & Social Development·Emotional Literacy·conceptual
Culture and Experience Shape Emotions
Understand 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
Suggested ages 9–11
Learning journey
Your child is developing deeper emotional understanding — recognising complex and mixed feelings, understanding how emotions influence decisions, and reflecting on their own emotional patterns and growth over time.
Evidence of understanding
- 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 Culture and Experience Shape Emotions's class gets very scared during a thunderstorm while others think it's exciting, can Culture and Experience Shape Emotions understand that the scared child might have had a frightening experience with storms before?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-CU-P3-1International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-CU-P3-1
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence