1; responses and percentage of “group” responses for each group of participants was obtained. If the hypothesis is true, then there will be a significantly higher percentage of personal identity responses from white Americans than from International Asians. Correspondingly, there will be a significantly higher percentage of group identity responses from International Asians than from white Americans. ResultsThe following results were obtained for the questionnaire consisting of the “Who am I” test.White AmericansInternational AsiansPersonal Identity Response74%33%Group Identity Response26%67% It can be observed from the data and the graphical representation that the participants in the two groups responded very differently to the questionnaire. 74-percent of the responses made by the white Americans were self-oriented compared with only 33-percent of self-focused responses collected from International Asians. On the other hand, 26-percent of the responses from White Americans showed relation to a group, community or religion compared with 67-percent of the group-based responses from International Asians.DiscussionThe study demonstrates that people from different ethnicity and cultures differ in the manner in which they perceive their self-identity. As predicted by the hypothesis, the international Asians described more features of their personality by referring to their national identity, religion and ethnic background than did white Americans. In contrast, the responses of white Americans were more concentrated on their personal attributes and achievements than were International Asians. The most common group identity response from Americans was the reference to the state they were from and, to a much lesser frequency, their religion. The Americans seemed more inclined to mention their personal qualities such as smartness, friendliness, confidence and social skills. Similar personal identity responses w...
