figure 8.3 What’s that family like? The words you use to answer that question depend on the culture in which you were raised. People from a nation with a Western culture, Australia, primarily used adjectives, which describe enduring inner traits a person possesses. People from a nation with an Eastern culture, South Korea, primarily used state verbs, which describe inner psychological states that change as people move from one situation to another (Kashima et al., 2006).