Imagine you're working on a group project. One person immediately divvies up the work so each person has specific tasks to do, and another creates a plan that allows the entire group to tackle each ...

Judging from casual conversations and media reports on loneliness, it appears that many assume loneliness is primarily a problem in individualistic cultures. By contrast, people in collectivistic ...

Americans gravitated toward individualism as people spread out in a new land that seemed wide-open with many opportunities. Many had to make individual decisions to come to America in the first place.

Culture is a belief about ethics, behaviors and values that are held by a majority of people within a society. The culture of which we are a part impacts our identity and even our beliefs about the ...

What causes individuals to conform to the opinions and judgments of others? Why do they need to? When is it an advantage to merge with the group and when is it not? Investigating the social, ...

Social harmony in America is unnatural. We’re not wired for it. Americans have many qualities, but above all, we’re individualistic — the most individualistic culture on earth. We are proud of our ...

What does a classroom look like that responds to both individualist and collectivist approaches? Critical thinking is a core learning outcome for all Piedmont University graduates. So, students ...

This is an interesting joint guest column by Mariajose Montoya Talavera, a rising junior education major at Piedmont University from Honduras, and her professor Perry Rettig, a former vice president ...