Whereas americans have a proverb, "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," japanese have a proverb that states "the nail that stands out gets pounded down." these two different proverbs mirror social-psychological research that has demonstrated that people in asian cultures.

a) are more authoritarian than americans
b) are more likely to defer to authority than are americans
c) have a more interdependent concept of self than do americans
d) do not hold different self-concepts

These two different proverbs mirror social-psychological research that has demonstrated that people in Asian cultures have a more interdependent concept of self than do Americans

Explanation:

According to these two statements, the Asian culture believes more in self than Americans do. These two proverbs showing that people of America and Japan work and believe in these proverbs and they also believe that if they follow these or work according to these proverbs than they are on the right path of their successes while Asian thinking and culture is different from these two countries. Asia culture believes in more self dependency and self motivation.

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants