This aligns with how Rossberger & Krause (2014) talk about how culture does not impact a person's personality traits, but rather on the expression of these traits. In addition to the influence of culture on expression, Matsumoto, Yoo, and Fontaine (2009) discuss the concept of contextual differentiation (CD), defined as rules surrounding the display of emotions, which further involves the degree to which my personality was affected. While my home life taught me that emotions should not be expressed outwardly, especially through physical contact, my expression of emotions developed very inwardly. I believe this has affected my personality to the extent of my introversion as I am still not entirely comfortable expressing my emotions with