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Cultural Conformity and Adaptation
The American Value System
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Cultural Conformity and Adaptation
The American Value System
Complete the diagram by naming 13 American values, one for each stripe in the flag.
Write a brief description of each value.
Value: personal achievement
Description: evident in employment, where achievement
is often measured in terms of power and wealth
Value: individualism
Description: key to personal achievement; success comes
from hard work and initiative
Value: work
Description: valued regardless of rewards; viewed as a
virtue
Value: morality and
humanitarianism
Description: religious faith, justice and equality, charity
toward the less fortunate
Value: efficiency and
practicality
Description: every problem has a solution; objects judged
on usefulness and people on ability to get things done
Value: progress and material
comfort
Description: through hard work and determination, living
standards will improve; science makes world better
Value: equality and
democracy
Description: equal opportunity; right to express opinions
and choose representatives in government
Value: freedom
Description: personal choice; little direct government
interference in daily life and business
Value: education
Description: everyone should achieve highest level of
education that his or her abilities will allow
Value: religious values
Description: all should live according to basic religious
principles, whether or not they belong to a church
Value: romantic love
Description: love should guide marriage decisions
Value: self-fulfillment
Description: commitment to full development of one’s
personality, talents, and potential
Value: environment
Description: protect the environment, even if it limits
economic growth
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