For instance, a majority of the American culture believes in being independent, such as providing for yourself and working hard to reach your goals. Although Americans are not the only ones with that belief, they are one culture that truly emphasizes it, therefore someone who grew up between the American culture and another culture can pick that specific trait and add it to their own characteristics. Furthermore, it has also been proven that biculturals have a greater abundance of ideas and creativity. In a recent study by researchers Carmit Tadmor, Adam Galinsky, and William Maddox report that biculturals exhibit more fluency of ideas, more numbers of ideas, and are more creative in their ideas (Grosjean). The study consisted of two groups, a bicultural group and another that was not, they were shown the picture of brick and given two minutes to write down as many creative uses of it as they could think of; the results showed that biculturals came up with more creative ideas (Grosjean). The reason why biculturals are more creative is because they are normally exposed to twice as many art forms, music, and other ideas that influence their
For instance, a majority of the American culture believes in being independent, such as providing for yourself and working hard to reach your goals. Although Americans are not the only ones with that belief, they are one culture that truly emphasizes it, therefore someone who grew up between the American culture and another culture can pick that specific trait and add it to their own characteristics. Furthermore, it has also been proven that biculturals have a greater abundance of ideas and creativity. In a recent study by researchers Carmit Tadmor, Adam Galinsky, and William Maddox report that biculturals exhibit more fluency of ideas, more numbers of ideas, and are more creative in their ideas (Grosjean). The study consisted of two groups, a bicultural group and another that was not, they were shown the picture of brick and given two minutes to write down as many creative uses of it as they could think of; the results showed that biculturals came up with more creative ideas (Grosjean). The reason why biculturals are more creative is because they are normally exposed to twice as many art forms, music, and other ideas that influence their