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[|U.S.+and+Japan.ppt] <<< Not Final Power Point. My computer won't load it onto this site. I already e-mailed it to Cav. and Stn. US & Japan



[|Us and Japan final.ppt] History Students: describe some historical/cultural differences between the US & Japan Psych Students: discuss these differences in terms of individualism and collectivism, other social psych terms.

While most Americans anxiously watched the course of the European war, tension mounted in Asia. Taking advantage of an opportunity to improve its strategic position, Japan boldly announced a "new order" in which it would exercise hegemony over all of the Pacific. Battling for survival against Nazi Germany, Britain was unable to resist, abandoning its concession in Shanghai and temporarily closing the Chinese supply route from Burma. In the summer of 1940, Japan won permission from the weak Vichy government in France to use airfields in northern Indochina (North Vietnam). That September the Japanese formally joined the Rome-Berlin Axis. The United States countered with an embargo on the export of scrap iron to Japan.  In July 1941 the Japanese occupied southern Indochina (South Vietnam), signaling a probable move southward toward the oil, tin, and rubber of British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. The United States, in response, froze Japanese assets and initiated an embargo on the one commodity Japan needed above all others -- oil.  General Hideki Tojo became prime minister of Japan that October. In mid-November, he sent a special envoy to the United States to meet with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Among other things, Japan demanded that the United States release Japanese assets and stop U.S. naval expansion in the Pacific. Hull countered with a proposal for Japanese withdrawal from all its conquests. The swift Japanese rejection on December 1 left the talks stalemated.  On the morning of December 7, Japanese carrier based planes executed a devastating surprise attack against the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Twenty-one ships were destroyed or temporarily disabled; 323 aircraft were destroyed or damaged; 2,388 soldiers, sailors, and civilians were killed. However, the U.S. aircraft carriers that would play such a critical role in the ensuing naval war in the Pacific were at sea and not anchored at Pearl Harbor.  American opinion, still divided about the war in Europe, was unified overnight by what President Roosevelt called "a day that will live in infamy." On December 8, Congress declared a state of war with Japan; three days later Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. (found at [|http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/newdeal.htm)]
 * Matt P.(5/28)-** Hey guys, the I did the Social Conversation slide. I need some more information on Psycology so I can do another slide.
 * -Here is some info. on WW2**


 * Matt P(5/27-28)- Historical Info:**
 * Japan came into contact with western people in about 1542 ([|http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107666.html)]

http://www.winadvisorygroup.com/AmericanJapaneseComms101.html I'll handle the slide for this one.
 * Matt P.(5/27) -** Here is some information on social behaviors for American and Japanese people.
 * What I've done:**
 * Found the info. on social conversation.
 * Wrote power point about social conversation.
 * Found info. on Japanese history.
 * Collected info. on WW2 history.

Hey Guys, this is a pretty good article that includes a table about cultural differences between the US & Japan. It also has a section about Individualism v. collectivism. Here's the link. http://www.coastal.edu/business/cbj/pdfs/articles/spring2004/gaumershah.pdf Here is an APA citation maker website. Might be useful. http://www.oslis.org/resources/cm/apacitations -Matt Workman (Cavanaugh 2nd Period)

>**Matt Parrell**- Hi, I am the history guy from Stanfords 5th period.

Carey Price- 7th period from Ms. Stanford's class. I'm going to look up historical/cultural differences (3 slides), my own work cited page, and the title page. Ya'll figure out what you guys want to do off of the items left on the list and post it here. Historical/cultural differences ideas for the slides for me:
 * blue jean phenominon

Japan fights for honor
 * differences in fighting- U.S. fights to defend


 * work ethics- The U.S. citizens work for vacation and a luxurious life style. The Japanese people work themselves to death for perfection. Their economy puts pressure on families to work long hours in order to keep up with payments.

http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/2/8/6/p102860_index.html

And my axe! Oops, sorry, this is Brian So from first period. I wasn't here yesterday because I was at the breakfast for Crosby Scholar thingy. ._. I just think that culture plays a large role in the differences between the US and Japan.I understand a lot about Japanese culture because I'm Chinese. So I guess I'll help if I can. (it is a grade for me, after all) >.< I personally wanted to do the strong ties to family, country, and the soft sell. I used Wikipedia and the psychology book for my sources. Collectivism is the theory that people think of society as a group. In Japan, a person is part of a group before he is an individual. People take great pride in their culture, their art, and their nation as a whole. Adherence to tradition is a great part of their society. Collectivism is both beneficial and detrimental- while some people may see that the old ways are often right, they often do nothing to fix the errors that are introduced by tradition. For example, a child who does not behave will often be scolded, and then, people will assume that the parent has not taught the child well. The child is considered a unit of the family as a whole. In Japan, an insult from one individual can be considered an insult from the group the person belonged to as a whole. A good example would be this - when a person committed a crime deserving of capital punishment, such as treason, all his family would be executed with him. When one person was dishonored, the whole family would be held in dishonor.

Individualism is the idea that people are individuals before becoming part of any group. Individualism promotes independence and creativity. While collectivism encourages the use of tradition and old methods oftentimes, a culture that is highly individualistic has many more creative people. Also, people are thought of as single people before they are thought of as family. For example, a family is not ostracized simply because of one black sheep. People tend to be more free-thinking than those in a collectivist environment. A good example is the way the United States has a large number of inventors- people are encouraged not to follow set patterns of thinking. Alright, it doesn't matter to me how we split this up. I guess I can do 2 slides of the differences in terms of individualism and collectivism and get some pictures for the powerpoint. Here's a graph of indivdualism in different countries. http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/images/073/individualism.gif Collectivism in Japan with some historical context included. http://www.promethea.org/Misc_Compositions/CollectivisminJapan.html Also, I will not be here tomorrow due to senior day at Reynolds, so I guess we better work on this some on the weekend. I will check up a few times over the weekend and start creating my slides for the powerpoint. -Matt Workman Good day good people i am Richard from Ms.Stanford's 3rd period so just tell me what you need and i will work at the best of my ability to get what you all need. Richard info: US culture:The progressive era:starting the beginning of the 20th century with the increase of lynching, corruption in city govements,and in big business,and child explotation. The muckracker journalist were bringing these things to the public's eyes. The progressive era is more than that; it is filled with new ideas, and innovations. the us culture is very flashy with cars, homes,and clothes. Our way of life was to work hard to create an enviorment for your family and when you get old to retire and still live comfortably from all your yers of hard work. Ok, guys. The link to the powerpoint is at the top of the page. Just add as we go along.
 * Here is a page to look and see info on U.S culture http://www.educationusa.state.gov/life/culture.htm**

Hey pschology people look up the terms listed so we can include them on the powerpoint. Thanks -Carey Price

P.S. I added some more notes on the cultural/historical differences above


 * Matt P.(5/29)-** This is to Brian from Ms Stanford. The slides you were to complete were of the history info Carey and I pgave you. We (Carey and I) are and have done the psych slides. I am putting our slides n and emailing. You need to talk with Mrs Cavanaugh to clarify what you are to turn in. Thanks!