Regional Cultures: The West
The region with the most mobile people
What is the West?
What Southerners might find challenging when moving to the Northeast due to cultural differences
What is the absence of the Southern customs and/or politeness?
The cultural elements Americans share, despite regional differences
What are television, national holidays, federal laws, language, food chains and business franchises?
The self Conservative Protestants align with
What is the interdependent self?
Early Protestants were known to be more
What is independent?
Type of ties that interdependent people tend to have
What are strong ties?
Silicon Valley is known for fostering innovation and the growth of tech companies. What "VC" stands for in this context
What is Venture Capital (VC)?
The challenges US companies face when transferring workers between different regions
How can cultural differences make it difficult for transferred workers to adapt and integrate socially?
True or False: Christians believe our thoughts can be controlled.
What is True?
True or false: early protestants tended to turn away from religious leaders and communities
What is true?
Compared to the older region of the Northeast, the West puts less of an emphasis on this
What are social norms?
In the Southern Culture of Honor, it is disproportionately used to protect reputation and restore honor
What is violence, disproportionately employed in the South's Culture of Honor to protect reputation and restore honor?
Strategies individuals can use to adapt to new regional cultures
What is recognizing the importance of cultural differences and opening yourself to new perspectives and ways of thinking?
When it comes to thinking something bad vs. acting on it, Jews place more emphasis on our ______.
What is actions?
In order to combat the culture clash, rather than focusing on differing positions, we should focus on similar
What are interests?
Tend to offer more help, be more generous, and have greater empathy
What are stable communities?
In Cohen's experiment, the behavioral pattern Northerners typically exhibit when faced with escalating annoyances
What is Northerners have a higher chance of early irritation without escalation?
How organizations can help ease the transition for workers moving between regions
What is offering resources and support, such as student clubs and social groups, they provide a sense of community and belonging?
Many Christians believe behavior comes from _______.
What are internal traits?
True or False: conservative protestants tend to feel more confident in the presence of others
What is false?
The West is more focused on ________ ______________ and less focused on __________
What is physical attractiveness and friendships?
This region, named for the silicon microchip, evolved into a hub of innovation with support from U.S. military investments, law firms, venture capital, and university alliances, contributing significantly to the advancement of the independent self
What is Silicon Valley?
The importance of cultural flexibility to adapt to new regions
What is facilitating integration and promoting harmonious relationships between people from different regions?
Protestants are more likely to use this kind of attribution style
Conservative protestants not only spend more time with their friends and family, they often even set aside weekly date nights with
Who is Jesus?