Answer:
1. PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE ENVIRONMENT
People can/should control nature, their environment, and destiny. The future
is not left to fate.
Result: An energetic, goal-oriented society.
2. CHANGE / MOBILITY
Change is seen as positive and good. This means progress, improvement and
growth.
Result: An established transient society geographically, economically, and socially.
3. TIME AND ITS IMPORTANCE
Time is valuable - the achievement of goals depends on the productive use of time.
Result: An efficient and progressive society often at the expense of interpersonal
relationships.
4. EQUALITY / EGALITARIANISM
People have equal opportunities; people are important as individuals, for who
they are, not from which family they come.
Result: A society where little deference is shown or status is acknowledged.
5. INDIVIDUALISM, INDEPENDENCE, AND PRIVACY
People are seen as separate individuals (not group members) with individual needs.
People need time to be alone and to be themselves.
Result: Americans may be seen as self-centered and sometimes isolated and lonely.
6. SELF-HELP
Americans take pride in their accomplishments.
Result: Americans give respect for self achievements, not achievements based on
rights of birth.
7. COMPETITION AND FREE ENTERPRISE
Americans believe competition brings out the best in people and free enterprise
leads to progress and produces success
Result: Competition is emphasized over cooperation.
8. FUTURE ORIENTATION / OPTIMISM
Americans believe that, regardless of past or present, the future will be better and
happier.
Result: Americans place less value on past events and constantly look ahead to
tomorrow.
9. ACTION AND WORK ORIENTATION
Americans believe that work is morally right; that it is immoral to waste time.
Result: There is more emphasis on "doing" rather than "being". This is a
no-nonsense attitude toward life.
10. INFORMALITY
Americans believe that formality is "un-American" and a show of arrogance and
superiority.
Result: A casual, egalitarian attitude between people is more accepted.
11. DIRECTNESS / OPENNESS / HONESTY
One can only trust people who "look you in the eye" and "tell it like it is". Truth is the
function of reality not of circumstance.
Result: People tend to tell the "truth" and not worry about saving the other
person's "face" or "honor".
12. PRACTICALITY / EFFICIENCY
Practicality is usually the most important consideration when decisions are to be
made.
Result: Americans place less emphasis on the subjective, aesthetic, emotional or
consensual decisions.
13. MATERIALISM / ACQUISITIVENESS
Material goods are seen as the just rewards of hard work, the evidence of "God's
favor."
Result: Americans are seen as caring more for things than people or relationships.
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