Exam 7: Dominant U.S.Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation Theory

The system of representative government,the structure of law,and the emphasis on individual liberty all derive from which European trend of thought?

In the United States,people typically don't make a clear and separate distinction between human life and nature.

The European conservative Protestant worldview dominates U.S.culture.

According to studies on regional differences within the United States,which people are more likely to be introverts?

Due to self-motivation values,U.S.citizens are ______.

People in the United States tend to believe the source of motivation should originate in ______.

Among the factors contributing to the fragmenting of the national U.S.culture are local special interest and multilanguage media.

The term ______ refers to the use of time for self-expression and play,self-improvement and development,and work.

People in the United States define self and others by ______.

Discuss what is meant by hyperindividualism.

Immigration has eroded the ______ of the U.S.population.

Discuss European Enlightenment's influence on U.S.cultural patterns.

Alexis de Tocqueville found the United States lacking in independence of mind and freedom of discussion.

______ knowledge is knowledge of the culture learned from the inside,seldom consciously discussed.

It has been argued that the ______ ancestry of the United States suggests that people are born evil but have the potential to be good.

McClelland used ______ as an indicator of a culture's degree of need for achievement.

To believe that humans are ______ is to believe that humans act on the basis of reason.

North America was home to a diverse population of how many before the time of Columbus?

The United States is a country of ______ from all over the world.

Discuss activity orientation in the United States.