1) Individualism: The belief that each person is a distinct entity and ought to assert and achieve independence from others.
2) Egalitarianism: The belief that all human beings are equal in their intrinsic worth.
3) Action orientation: Doing is more important than being.\
4) Perception of interpersonal encounters primarily in terms of their immediate utility and downgrading of the social significance of such encounters.
5) Universalism: The value attached to being guided in one's action in a given situation primarily by an obligation to society (i.e., by general standards of conduct - laws, regulations, rules, established procedures, etc. )
6) Definition of persons (including oneself) in terms of their work and their achievements.
7)The belief that the colelctive wisdom of the group is superior to that of any individual.
8) The idea that the process of decision making requires evaluation of the consequences of alternative courses of action, and selection of the one that, on balance, seems most advantageous.
9) The belief that competition is a good way to motivate people.
10) The idea that there is usually a best way of doing something, which should be determined and then followed.
11) The idea that knowledge gained through observation is superior to knowledge ggained in other ways.
12)Unnecessary qualification: The tendency to quantify aspects of experience.
13) Placing a higher value on utilitarian aspects of experience than on aesthetic ones.
14) Problem orientation: The tendency to perceive "problems" in the world and in one's existence in it, and to look for "solutions."
15) The belief that thought cannot directly influence events.
16) Reasoning in terms of probability.
17) Impatience: The tendency to be annoyed by the pace of activities, if it is slow by one's own standard.
18) The tendency to make comparative judgments.
19) The willingness to offer one's services for the benefit of the "common good."
20) The belief in the existence of a behavior pattern called "self help."
21) The use of absurd suppositions to communicate ideas or to elicit ideas from other persons.