Generally, America is seen as an individualistic society, whereas Japan is quite collectivist.

通常说来美国被视为是一个充满了个人主义的社会，然而日本则更推崇集体主义。

There's a lot of social control among collectivists; and everyone knows what everyone's doing.

集体主义者之间有很大的社会控制；每个人都知道每个人在做什么。

Americans, by contrast-at least in the maturity of old age—have more intergroup wisdom than the purportedly collectivist Japanese.

相反，美国人——至少在年龄比较高的那一组中——在群体判断力的得分上比据称崇尚集体主义的日本人要高。

In Mongolia, where Myga lives, herding was once a collectivist enterprise.

在米加居住的蒙古，放牧曾经是一项集体主义事业。

Americans tend to draw themselves very large Could these differences translate to a more collectivist or individualistic mindset?

美国人倾向于把自己画得很大 这些差异会转化为更集体主义或个人主义的心态吗？

The generation that lived through the Depression and World War II saw large-scale collectivist responses to both those crises.

经历过大萧条和二战的那一代人看到了对这两次危机的大规模集体主义反应。

Like most East Asian countries, Japan as a whole tends to have a more collectivist and holistic mind-set.

与大多数东亚国家一样，日本作为一个整体往往具有更集体主义和整体性的心态。

While the Western side of Berlin was enjoying the spoils of capitalism, the east  was vying for a sense of collectivist harmony.

当柏林的西部正在享受资本主义的战利品时，东部正在争夺集体主义的和谐感。

This deference to others seemed like a subtle sign of a more collectivist mindset, and so Talhelm began to wonder what might lie behind the two outlooks.

这种对他人的尊重似乎是更集体主义心态的微妙标志，因此 Talhelm 开始想知道这两种观点背后可能隐藏着什么。

Another change of psychology: many historians-of-the-now note that globalization has also led to a celebration of individualism, particularly in the wake of the failures of the Marxist collectivist utopias.

心理学的另一个变化：许多当代历史学家指出，全球化也导致了对个人主义的颂扬，尤其是在马克思主义集体主义乌托邦失败之后。

Sure enough, people in the wheat-growing regions tended to score higher on the measures of individualism, while the people in the rice-growing regions tended to show a more collectivist and holistic thinking.

果不其然，小麦产区的人往往在个人主义指标上得分更高，而水稻产区的人往往表现出更多的集体主义和整体思维。

Generally speaking - there are many exceptions - people in the West tend to be more individualist, and people from Asian countries like India, Japan or China tend to be more collectivist.

一般来说——也有很多例外——西方人倾向于个人主义，而来自印度、日本或中国等亚洲国家的人倾向于集体主义。

After spending a few months in Asia in the midst of a collectivistic culture, I see that an important factor of our individualistic society is that we don't need each other in a way that the collectivists do.

在亚洲集体主义文化中待了几个月后，我发现我们个人主义社会的一个重要因素是我们不像集体主义者那样需要彼此。

They also asked people to draw a diagram demonstrating their relationships to their friends and associates: people in individualistic societies tend to draw themselves as bigger than their friends, whereas collectivists tend to make everyone the same size.

他们还要求人们画一张图表来展示他们与朋友和同事的关系：个人主义社会中的人们倾向于把自己画得比他们的朋友大，而集体主义者倾向于让每个人都一样大。

Asia had a smaller gap. Africa had the smallest, which could be read as an economic sign (poverty might play a role) but also a cultural one: Elders in collectivist societies are accorded more respect and have more extended-family support.

亚洲的差异次之。非洲的差异最小，这可以被解读为一个经济信号(贫穷可能是个原因)，也可以是个文化信号: 集体主义社会的老年人得到更多的尊重，并获得更多的大家庭支持。