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1、Anyculturecanbecomparedandcontrasted.Thereisnosuperiororinferiorbetweentwoculture,butthesimilarityordifferences.AmericaHumannature：basicallygood（changeable）Inrespecttohumannature,average,middle-class,mainstreamAmericansaregenerallyoptimistic,choosingtobelievethebestaboutapersonuntilthatpe
2、rsonprovesotherwise.Americansgenerallybelievethatinordertobringoutthebasicgoodnessinhumanbeingsallyouhavetodoischangethenegativesocialconditionsinwhichtheyexist.Relationshipofmantonature：ManthemasterofnatureIntheman-natureorientation,Americansseeaclearseparationbetweenmanandnatureandmanis
3、clearlyheldtobeincharge.Americans,ontheotherhand,haveaninsatiabledrivetosubdue,dominate,andcontroltheirnaturalenvironment.Americansbelievethatmancanconquernature.Developingcapitalismmustovercomenature,forexample,WestwardMovement,exploitingnaturalresources,etc.Senseoftime：Future-orientedCo
4、ncerningorientationtowardtime,Americansaredominatedbyabeliefinprogress.Theyarefuture-oriented.Thisimpliesastrongtaskorgoalorientation.Theyhaveanoptimisticfaithinthefutureandwhatthefuturewillbring.Activity：DoingAsforactivity,Americansaresoaction-orientedthattheycannotevenconceivewhatitwoul
5、dbeliketobe“being”-oriented.Itistheobjectiverequirementofdevelopingcapitalism.Americansthinkthattimeismoneyandthereforenortobewasted.Theybelieveinkeepingbusyandproductiveatalltimes—evenonvacation.Socialrelationships：IndividualisticTheirsocialorientationistowardtheimportanceoftheindividual
6、andtheequalityofallpeople.USAisacapitalismcountrywhichisdevelopedfromnothing.Thekeywordsarefreedom,democracy,andindependent.StressontheindividualbeginsataveryearlyagewhentheAmericanchildisencouragedtobeautonomous.Friendly,informal,outgoing,andextroverted,Americansscornrankandauthority,eve
7、nwhentheyaretheoneswiththerankandauthority.JapanHumannature：mixtureofgood&evil（unchangeable）Everycultureisnotperfect.Japanesehumannaturehasitsthoughtlimitation.TherearetwosidesinJapanesemind--evilandgood.Theexpansionofdesiremakesgoodturntoevil.InJapanesenationalchar
