People in the United States Sometimes Have Trouble Understanding the Power

question 15

Multiple Choice

People in the United States sometimes have trouble understanding the power of culture because of the value that American culture places on the idea of the individual.Yet in American culture,

• A) individualism is a distinctive commercial value, a feature of capitalist culture shared only by the business elite.
• B) the cult of individualism is truly shared only by the country's atheist minority.
• C) individualism is a distinctive shared value, a feature of culture.
• D) individualism is a distinctive shared value, a result of genetic enculturation.
• E) individualism is only something people talk about but don't practice, because it is not really part of their culture.

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Definitions:

Persuasive Messages

Communications designed to influence or convince an audience to accept a specific idea, belief, or take a particular action.

Consumer

An individual who purchases goods or services for personal use.

Drastically

Describing actions taken with extreme or significant impact, often implying a substantial change or effect.

Persuasion

The process of swaying an individual's beliefs, attitudes, or actions through the use of argument, logic, or enticement.