AMERICAN VALUES

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

• This belief in the importance of personal achievement is most evident in the area of employment, where achievement often is measured in terms of power and wealth.

INDIVISUALISM

• Individual effort is the key to personal achievement.
• Most Americans feel that if a person does not succeed, that person is to blame.

WORK

• Americans view discipline, dedication, and hard work as signs of virtue.

MORALITY

• Most Americans place a high value on morality and tend to view the world in terms of right and wrong.

HUMANITARIANISM

• People who are quick to help those who are less fortunate than themselves.

EFFICIENCY

• They believe ever problem has a solution.

PRACTICALITY

• Dealing with a situation or involves determining the most practical responds to the issue at hand.

PROGRESS

• Look forward to the future with optimism.

MATERIAL COMFORT

• The belief in the ability of science and technology to make a world a better place.

EQUALITY

• Americans believe that citizens have the right to express their own opinion.

DEMOCRACY

• The belief in equality extends to the form of government that Americans value- democracy.

FREEDOM

• Americans particularly value personal freedoms of choice.