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Castilian culture is the sum and average of the four main micro-cultures in Spain. Gannon and Pillai (2013) further this claim, stating that the "different peoples who invaded the Iberian Peninsula" brought with them "their respective cultures" (p.520). This results is a culture that is predominantly Mediterranean in nature, meaning it's a high-context, polychronic culture with a very minimal concept of personal space, but has traces of Celtic and Arab culture. These three primary characteristics of Mediterranean culture are also present in Castilian culture though maybe to a lesser extent than their southern European counterparts.

According to the Hofstede Center (2014) Spain has a neutral score of 51 in individualism. The Hofstede Center explains that: "Spain, in comparison with the rest of the European countries (except for Portugal) is Collectivist (because of its score in this dimension: 51). However, compared with other areas of the world it is seen as clearly individualist" (para. 5). The collectivist attitude in Spain focuses on team work to assist the in group. Again the four major micro-cultures in Spain provide an example of these in groups.

Castilian culture is high context, large power distance, high uncertainty avoidance culture with a neutral individualist-collectivist attitude (Hofstede Center, 2014). The high context nature of Castilian culture is largely based on the national language, Castilian Spanish. The built in grammar and structure of Spanish creates a high context method of communicating. This is evident by the absence of personal pronouns when speaking, with the exception of addressing superiors. Therefore the large power distance influences the language because of the third person formal pronoun, us...

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...eets. This is often called la corrida, note that this is a feminine noun, perhaps adding to the Spanish machisimo of the masculine fight versus a feminine flight response to a hulking 2 ton beast.

The Hofstede Center identifies the United States of America as having a score of 40 in power distance, 91 in individualism, and 46 in uncertainty avoidance. This is sharp contrast to Spain's scores in these areas. The United States of America is also a monochronic society, focusing heavily on schedules and tasks. English is used predominantly in the United States of America and as such the culture is a low context culture. The low context aspect of American culture leaves things as unambiguous as possible in regards to speech. However, the United States of America has a low uncertainty avoidance and is not bothered or stressed by the unknown or unstructured situations.