Al razim, a construction engineer, recently traveled to germany in order to find investors for his real-estate project. while he finally succeeded in getting an investor, he was surprised by the explicitness of the germans. sometimes all he got was a direct "no." this is because germans are a culture.

Which of the following statements about culture and self-esteem is the most accurate? people from western cultures are more likely to say or do things to enhance other people's self-esteem (relative to people from asian cultures). the japanese praise each other for their achievements more often than americans do. people from asian cultures generally feel worse about themselves than people from western cultures. americans utter many more self-complimentary statements during conversations (relative to japanese individuals).