Identify the five interrelated core values that are emerging as a value cluster in the United States ...

Answer to q. 1

The five interrelated core values emerging in the United States today are leisure, self-fulfillment, physical fitness, youthfulness, and concern for the environment.

Answer to q. 2

b. Race

Answer to q. 3

In traditional societies, relationships are based on history (the way it's always been); they are diffuse (vague, covering many areas of life); and they are long-term (often lifelong). In nontraditional societies, relationships are based on contracts (which change as the situation changes); they are specific (contracts specify conditions); and they are short-term (for the length of the contract).

Answer to q. 4

Any five: achievement and success; individualism; hard work; efficiency and practicality; science and technology; material comfort; freedom; democracy; equality; group superiority; education; religiosity; romantic love.

Answer to q. 5

(1) Traditional online learning: students enrolled in a particular college attend online lectures. (2) MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses): college classes are offered to anyone who enrolls. (3) Industrial model: students bypass college, take a nano course, get a certificate, and in a few weeks they qualify for a job.

Answer to q. 6

They (1) had a great deal of confidence in their abilities; (2) set goals for themselves and measured their progress; (3) promoted themselves; (4) identified gatekeepers to advancement and made themselves noticeable; and (5) identified a need, sold management on it, and successfully met that need.