Cultural archetypes, stereotypes and modal types

[edcoaching]

Originally Posted by Jeffster

USA is a country, with like 300 million different people in it. Trying to "type" a country as a whole is just silly.

The attempt isn't to say "everyone is this type" but that the country values some preferences over others. For example in the US Extraversion is way more valued

• We grade on class participation
• We worry about our "shy" children
• There was just a study in Harvard Management Review expressing surprise that Introverts can be good leaders. Like thinking before acting is a bad thing...
• In most settings those who speak up fastest are considered brighter or smarter. Compare that to many First Nations where those who listen to everyone else, then synthesize and add wisdom, are considered the great leaders

So it's looking systemically to see what is valued, not stereotyping behaviors. that's a different thing...

[ajblaise]

Originally Posted by booyalab

sorry....when did we get bullied

by the Brits a few hundred years ago. At Colonial Junior High.

[entropie]

You got bullied the last soccer world championship

[edcoaching]

Originally Posted by booyalab

sorry....when did we get bullied, what's school, what's home, when were we a teenager, what are we suppressing, and what do you consider exploding?

Actually most think we're Extraverted Thinking--we do not step into the shoes of others to consider the impact of our decisions on them...

[nolla]

Originally Posted by booyalab

sorry....when did we get bullied, what's school, what's home, when were we a teenager, what are we suppressing, and what do you consider exploding?

Uh. It was a joke. I dislike explaining them...

USA started from being some small religious groups in europe (this is the bullying part) and sailed across the ocean (and this is the run-away-as-a-teenager part) and is now a country that starts a war every other decade, licks his wounds until they get new president and then go again. (That was the exploding part)

[booyalab]

Originally Posted by edcoaching

Actually most think we're Extraverted Thinking--we do not step into the shoes of others to consider the impact of our decisions on them...

Yeah, boo hoo. It must have really sucked for Europe when we saved its butt and forgave every debt.

Anyway, I want to expand on the ran away from home analogy. K, so we got bullied, ran away from home...that part's good. But substitute "suppressed all that shit" with "got rich and famous while distant relatives stayed unemployed and bitter".

[entropie]

Originally Posted by booyalab

Yeah, boo hoo. It must have really sucked for Europe when we saved its butt and forgave every debt.

This one did hurt my feelings

XD

[nolla]

How about we compromise: "got rich and famous, yet feels empty inside and can't help but to feel for the senile relatives back home"? Plus some rage.

[edcoaching]

Originally Posted by nolla

Uh. It was a joke. I dislike explaining them...

USA started from being some small religious groups in europe (this is the bullying part) and sailed across the ocean (and this is the run-away-as-a-teenager part) and is now a country that starts a war every other decade, licks his wounds until they get new president and then go again. (That was the exploding part)

Actually pretty accurate. Still think we're more T--their feelings get hurt too...

Originally Posted by nolla

How about we compromise: "got rich and famous, yet feels empty inside and can't help but to feel for the senile relatives back home"? Plus some rage.

Is it rage or total obliviousness to others...

[nolla]

Originally Posted by edcoaching

Is it rage or total obliviousness to others...

You might be on to something. Maybe America is so total extrovert that he doesn't think about that much before doing? It must be the extrovert among the countries...