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What is the definition of ethnocentrism?
What is the definition of ethnocentrism?
- Belief that one's own culture is superior to others (correct)
- Rejecting the idea of one culture being superior to others
- Being culturally sensitive
- Seeing each culture on its own terms
What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?
What is the opposite of ethnocentrism?
- Cultural relativism (correct)
- Cultural diversity
- Cultural appropriation
- Cultural sensitivity
What is the benefit of cultural relativism?
What is the benefit of cultural relativism?
- It helps to understand and accept different cultures (correct)
- It assumes one culture is superior to others
- It promotes cultural appropriation
- It encourages ethnocentrism
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Ethnocentrism:
- Belief that one's own culture is superior to others
- Judging other cultures based on one's own standards
- Assumes one's own culture is superior
- Not culturally sensitive
Cultural Relativism:
- Opposite of ethnocentrism
- Seeing each culture on its own terms
- Being culturally sensitive
- Understanding cultures from the inside
- Each society has its own unique logic
- Promotes understanding and acceptance of different cultures
- Rejects the idea of one culture being superior to others
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