Collectivists vs. Individualists

1. In a collectivist culture, team work, being in agreement, and equality are all ideal personality traits. Originality, hard work, and unique ideas are all ideal in an individualistic culture.
2. I think this is part of a collectivist society. Like they mentioned, a nail that's sticking up will be hammered down. Being knocked down because of one's individual ideas is a theme in a collectivist society.
3. If Mr. Behler was a teacher from a collectivist culture and had his own child in his class, he would most likely favor the student in the classroom with special benefits because they're family. The value of family would clash in the individualistic culture because that would be unfair special treatment.
4. An acquaintance is someone whom you're sort of friends with, sort of not. It's kind of like a peer; it has a relatively positive/neutral connotation.