Data from Germany suggest that the people there tend to cognitively separate parts of scenes out from the whole. They pay attention to the differences between objects; how they contrast with and are separate from one another and the background. This suggests that Germany is a(n):
A) land-based culture.
B) water-based culture.
C) collectivistic culture.
D) individualistic culture.
Answer: D) individualistic culture.
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