My CPQ results were very close to the class graduate and and also fell close to the results for the American average. These results seem valid since most of my life, I grew up and interacted with people in the US. My family upbringing may play one part in the way I interact with people, but the environment I was brought up in also has played a major part in who I am today (as seen in the results).
Seeing the final results, I can definitely understand my behavior when reacting with people from different cultures. I seem to rank higher in dimensions that define me as an independent, individualistic person, a very American standard, I believe. This explains why I always seem to conflict with the morals and values within my family, who follow very Asian standards. Many decisions and choices, especially career related, is motivated by the community. I, on the other hand, believe that decisions should be influenced by mostly myself and immediate family.
One interesting results on the CPQ was the dimension good versus evil. Apparently I scored a tad bit higher than the American public and class average. Though not as high as the individual who scored 6.60, I' m pretty up there. It makes me wonder how cultural and family upbringing and affect our perspective on people. For me, it's mostly from personal experience. If you can hitchhike 2 or 3 times in your life and come out unscathed, you can definitely have some faith in the human race.
Hey Anna,
ReplyDeleteMost of my CPQ results are like yours the reason being my work behavior confirms to American ways and except that my personal beliefs and values have leanings towards my brought up in India. Its interesting to note your hitchhiking as a measurement for faith in human race, since I never hitchhiked I am not able to infer or Evaluate, I take it that you have some hitchhiking experience. Once Mahatma Gandhi said that a country is safe when a woman can walk freely in the middle of night safely.
Hahah, I like the quote. But I think it definitely is a pretty accurate measure of faith in the human race. Do you feel like you have the best of both worlds when you lean on both the American and Indian ways of thinking?
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