I just finished reading several studies done in regards to individuality versus collectivism of Chinese natives, Chinese immigrants, and European non-immigrants. There was an emerging pattern of difference between immigrants and Chinese natives. The hypothesis stated that Chinese natives were more collectivistic than immigrants and that non-immigrants were the least collectivistic. It was revealed the hypothesis was completely false and there were very interesting patterns. One pattern which I noted was that immigrants were typically more collectivistic than Chinese natives and that a possible reason might be the lack of friends and family in a strange country might induce more collectivistic behavior. Alot of stereotypes are usually based on immigrant perception. This is mostly due to the fact that immigrants are like a first impression for most people. It is not like an entire nation can visit the native areas to deduce stereot ... Read More »