1. Individualistic cultures would consider independence and personal power to be paramount while collectivist cultures value loyalty and selflessness.
2. I would guess that individualistic cultures would value status more than collectivist cultures. Age would be highly valued in a collectivist culture because it stands to represent experience which in turn reflects knowledge. In an individualistic culture having a Ph. D would serve to elevate your status because it represents knowledge in most individualistic cultures. Both cultures value status, however status is interpreted differently in each culture.
3. If she were to move from a collectivist culture to an individualistic culture she may encounter issues where her bosses may expect her to speak her mind or give her opinion but she may keep her head down because it is what she is used to. As a result her bosses may assume she is incompetent and not well suited for the job.
4. An acquaintance is someone you know but not on an intimate level. For me, the word personally has a negative connotation. I typically use the word to describe someone I know but don’t really care for.
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