Sweden and the U.S.

Despite this proclamation, since the 1950s SwedenÆs suicide and alcoholism rates have declined considerably and the economy is solid. Second in wealth in the world and with much less of an unequal income distribution than the U.S., Sweden no longer resembles the picture painted of it by American leaders in the 1950s. Phillips (2000, p. 2) maintains it never did, ôThis socialist country never did have a suicide, alcohol, or mental illness problem that was statistically worse than the U.S.ö In fact, Sweden and the U.S. continue to exhibit a number of similarities and always have. Despite the similarities between these nations; however, the cultures of Sweden and America remain highly distinct across a number of measures, from

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tion of additional evidence about the choice to be made. The rational decision would be to switch choices, sincd switching yields a 2/3 probability for success while not switching only yields a 1/3 chance of success (Granberg, 1999). Granberg (1999) administered the test to present the Monty Hall dilemma to more than 200 Americans and Swedes, discovering that the Swedes were highly likely to switch their original choice while the Americans were not. As Granberg (1999, p. 432) notes, ôTo the U.S. subjects the switch seemed highly counterintuitive; consequently, they showed a strong tendency to stick when they should have switched.ö Further, Granberg theorizes that this decision-making process for Americans is highly related to ôsomething specific to the socialization process in the U.S.ö(p. 432) that leads Americans to choose incorrectly on the Monty Hall dilemma. Unlike those in Swedish culture who could see the cognitive illusion within the Monty Hall dilemma, Americans tended to stick with their original choice which illustrates they are ôseeking to avoid the greater negative affect associated with being wrong after switching,ö (Granberg, 1999, p. 436). The cultural differences illustrated in this study are related to Hof
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