national Asians. On the other hand, white Americans surveyed from the adult population could be bringing up a family and might be prone to describe themselves as part of the family unit. One would have to carry out these tasks by surveying the much more diverse student body of University of Massachusetts at Amherst and career professionals and general public in the pioneer valley. The results would have also turned out to be more reliable if the international Asians were given the questionnaires in a neutral environment instead of at International Students gathering where everyone is representing his or her own country, religion and ethnic background, and is more likely to be impelled to give descriptions that are group oriented.People are more likely to describe themselves in terms of their religion and the country they are from when asked the question in a different country. Further work could be carried out by conducting the “Who am I” test with the Asians in their own countries rather than in a foreign nation, and also by using the same survey on Americans in a foreign country. It could be inferred from this experiment that the percentage of group-oriented responses among Asians would decrease when they are surveyed in their respective countries, whereas an increase in group-oriented responses would be observed when Americans are asked the same question in a foreign country. This could be because the sense of belonging to a nation and community are likely to be stronger when exposed to an alien environment. For example, white Americans in a foreign country might be very self-oriented, but likely to define themselves as part of the American community. Similarly, for example, International Asians in their own countries might be very group-oriented, but likely to concentrate on their self-focused role in life and on individual endeavors.As noticed by Enns (1994), it is important for people to understand that individu...
