Are there cultural variations in self-reflection?

I don't know what your upbringing was, but I grew up in a very conservative household. By conservative I mean socially conservative, my family are of Indian origin, from a very old-fashioned community. And even in England, very traditional old fashioned. And then obviously being British as I think British people, generally, we tend to be, compared to other countries, more closed off and a little bit more reserved or conservative. And when you grow up in that environment, I think you don't learn to introspect, you don't learn to self reflect. Actually what you learn is to be self critical, which is almost the worst form of introspection, the worst form of reflection. And I think that's a reality and I've got a lot of American friends and I lived in America for six months as well. And I remember that was one of the things I noted was just so different amongst Americans versus us here in England.