Certain phrases one commonly hears among Americans which (1) to individualism include: "Do your own thing. " "I did it my way. " "You’ll have to decide that for yourself. " "You made your bed, now lie in it. " "If you don’t (2) for yourself, no one else will." "Look out for number one. " (3) the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans (4) . Americans assume that people need some time to themselves or some time alone to think about things or recover their (5) . Americans have great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person, who (6) . If the parents can afford it, each child will have his or her own bedroom. Having one’s own bedroom, (7) , fixes in a person the notion that she is (8) a place of her own where she can be by herself, and (9) . She will have her clothes, her books and so on. These things will be hers and no one else’s. Americans assume that people will have their (10) that might never (11) . Doctors, lawyers, psychologists, and others have (12) confidentiality that are (13) information about their clients’ (14) from becoming (15) . American’s (16) can be hard for foreigners to understand. American’s houses, yards and even offices can (17) . Yet in the minds of Americans, there are boundaries that other people are simply (18) cross. When those boundaries are crossed, an American’s body will (19) and his manner will (20) .