Thus, they have shown that, when making choices, working-class individuals place a premium on options that reflect similarity to others, whereas middle-class individuals are more likely to favor options that distinguish them from others. Exploring subcultures in the United States, Nisbett and Cohen and their colleagues (e.g., Cohen, Nisbett, Bowdle, & Schwarz, 1996; Nisbett & Cohen, 1996) have focused on a particular form of violence, namely that representing “honor killings,” and other responses to insults and affronts, that the authors show to be especially characteristic of Southern U.S. states and of individuals who have migrated from the South