Ghanaians emphasize communal values such as family, respect for the elderly, honoring traditional rulers, and the importance of dignity and proper social conduct. Individual conduct is seen as having impact on an entire family, social group and community; family obligations take precedence over everything else in life.
Ghanaians speak a distinctive West African version of English as a standard form, involving such usages as chop (eat) and dash (gift).Ghanaian national dress, kente cloth, is another source of common identity and pride. It is handwoven into intricate patterns from brilliantly colored silk. Men drape it around their bodies and women wear it as a two-pieced outfit. The basic diet consists of a starchy staple eaten with a soup or stew. Forest crops, such as plantain, cassava, cocoyam (taro), and tropical yams, predominate in the south. Corn is significant, especially among the Ga, and rice is also popular. The main dish is fufu, pounded plantain or tubers in combination with cassava. Soup ingredients include common vegetables and some animal protein, usually fish, and invariably, hot peppers. Palm nut and peanut soups are special favorites. The main cooking oil is locally produced red palm oil. The northern staple is millet, which is processed into a paste and eaten with a soup as well. Indigenous diets are eaten at all social levels, even by the Westernized elite. Bread is the only major European introduction and is often eaten at breakfast. Restaurants are not common outside of urban business districts, but most local "chop bars" offer a range of indigenous dishes to workers and bachelors. People frequently snack on goods offered for sale by street hawkers. Most households raise chickens and dwarf goats, which are reserved for special occasions, such as christenings, weddings, traditional festivals, and Christmas. Among the Akan, the main indigenous celebration is odwira, a harvest rite, in which new yams are presented to the chief and eaten in public and domestic feasts. The Ga celebrate homowo, another harvest festival, which is marked by eating kpekpele, made from mashed corn and palm oil. Popular drinks include palm wine, made from the fermented sap of the oil palm, and home-brewed millet beer. Bottled European-style beer is widely consumed. Imported schnapps and whiskey have important ceremonial uses as libations for royal and family ancestors.
Positive psychology is a strand of standard psychology that encourages the study of happiness and the potentials of human ability. Unlike standard psychology, which attempts to identify and treat individuals with psychological problems and dysfunctions, positive pisocology seeks to highlight the patient's psychic points that enhance happiness and enhance the patient's abilities and skills. Prospects help provide insight into the various factors that underpin positive psychology are physiology, neurobiology, and evolutionary.
Meta-conflict is about whether or how to engage in conflict. In case of conflict between Jon and Ana, they further tend to engage in conflict rather than ease it off. "You don't know" is the negation of Ana who does not disagree without losing her temper. Ana, on the other hand, is ready to "confront the issue" which means she is prepared to escalate the conflict. Ana does not believe in avoiding issue, the first lesson in easing conflict. Jon accuses Ana and Ana is ready to confront.
