Studies show that cultures differ in the signs of power. In the United States, downcast eyes and body position below that of another would probably be seen as subordinate. In Japanese culture, however, downcast eyes are a sign of attentiveness and agreement and teishiel (or lower position) signals acceptance and respect and may be perceived as a sign that a person is trustworthy, loving and accepting. In the United States, power and status are typically achieved through monetary success and manifested by conspicuous material displays of materialism. Burgoon, Dillard, Doran, and miller (1982) reported difference in the types of message strategies used in Asian and North American cultures. Key(1975) reported that American Indian children often feel that their white teachers are mean merely because their voices are louder than those in their own culture.