Three Values That Are Central To American Culture

1. Explore three values that are central to American culture.
• What are the three values you would like to explore?
Your Answer: When I consider qualities, the three I feel are most essential to American society are a success, flexibility, and independence these are the qualities I might want to explore.
• Why are these important to us?
Your Answer: Success is important to us because it ensures that we can take care of our families. Flexibility is important to us because without flexibility we would not be as great of a nation as we are today. Independence is important to us because if everyone had to express themselves in exactly the same way life would be boring.

2. Define ethnocentrism. Is it ethnocentric to be nationalistic?
• What does ethnocentrism mean?
As such, it is the point at which we look at what different societies esteem in life, how they think, and how they act to what we as a society esteem in life, how we think, and how we act, and denounce alternate societies for the distinctions we find.
• Is it ethnocentric to be nationalistic?
Your Answer: patriotism is being devoted or being faithful to your own particular nation. I don't think it is ethnocentric to be nationalistic. When you are nationalistic, you are essentially stuck to the estimations you could call your own way of life. When you are ethnocentric, you utilize those qualities to judge different