What You See Determines How You Interpret

So It Was Constantly Going Back And Forth Between These Two Cultures That Kept Raising The Question, Well, How Important Is Personal Freedom? And I Think That Has Always Been Of Interest To Me.

So On The One Hand In School You're Teachers Are Constantly Telling You That You Can Be Whatever It Is You Want To Be As Long As You Put Your Mind And Heart To It, And Yet At The Same Time I Was Also Getting The Clear Message Of, Well, What Can You Do Really?

First-generation Children Were Strongly Influenced By Their Immigrant Parents' Approach To Choice. For Them, Choice Was Not Just A Way Of Defining And Asserting Their Individuality, But A Way To Create Community And Harmony By Deferring To The Choices Of People Whom They Trusted And Respected.

The Less Control People Had Over Their Work, The Higher Their Blood Pressure During Work Hours. Moreover, Blood Pressure At Home Was Unrelated To The Level Of Job Control, Indicating That The Spike During Work Hours Was Specifically Caused By Lack Of Choice On The Job. People With Little Control Over Their Work Also Experienced More Back Pain, Missed More Days Of Work Due To Illness In General, And Had Higher Rates Of Mental Illness-the Human Equivalent Of Stereotypies, Resulting In The Decreased Quality Of Life Common To Animals Reared In Captivity.

I Mean We Know That Some Choice Makes You Better Off Than No Choice. Now Do We Get Better Off If We Go From A Lot Of Choice Versus A Few Choices? And There I Think The Answer Is Much, Much, Much More Complicated.