Had Something Like an "American" Way of Life Emerged by the End

question 18

Essay

Had something like an "American" way of life emerged by the end of the seventeenth century or were there two wholly distinct ways of lifeNew England and southern in that period?

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Concepts

Ideas and theories originating from psychoanalytic psychology that emphasize unconscious processes and the influence of early childhood experiences on behavior.

Adoption Studies

Research methods in psychology and sociology that compare adopted children to their adoptive and biological parents to understand genetic and environmental influences.

Twin Studies

Research involving the comparison of monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twins to explore the relative contribution of genetics and environment to various traits and disorders.

Hofstede's Dimensions

A framework for cross-cultural communication, developed by Geert Hofstede, that describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior, using a structure derived from factor analysis.