Chapter 2 makes a comparison of the cultural value orientations that are commonly preferred respectively in china and america by presenting ideas that draw heavily on the work of kluckhohn and strodtbeck and their theory of value orientations , concerning people ' s relationship with nature , people ' s concept of human nature , time , activity and their concept of interpersonal relationship , the focus being on the differences 第二章首先简要介绍了本文的理论依据即美国学者克拉克洪提出的价值取向的五方面。接着从人的本质，人与自然的关系，人对时间、活动的观念以及人与集体的关系详细比较分析了中美主流文化的共时性差异。人具有文化独特性，主流文化的价值取向并不意味着其中的个体具有相同的价值取向。
