If a psychologist studies the hidden meanings that people of different countries attach to their birthday greetings, she/he is studying which cultural characteristics?

Question

A. Explicit
B. Collectivist
C. Individualist
D. Implicit

I think it's C, but not sure

Answer 1

I don't think so. Reread your text or enter these characteristics in your browser and find definitions for them.

Answer 2

Reed, I have gone through every one of them and I am still stumped!

Answer 3

Read the section titled "Like Water to Fish" in this article.

http://www.ehow.com/info_8741313_explicit-implicit-characteristics-culture.html

Answer 4

As I understand it, individualist characteristics involve every man for himself with little regard for "social" or cultural norms. How to interpret birthday greetings involves a cultural norm, shared among members of a society or culture. Such meanings would be implicit, unstated, but very real. See if that idea matches what you have read.

Answer 5

http://www.answers.com/Q/Difference_between_implicit_and_explicit_culture