LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM
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Question
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How can hockey be Canada’s national sport? It is a dumb game compared to baseball or football.
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This statement shows ethnocentrism
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This statement is culturally objective
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ethnocentrism is the tendency to judge another culture by the standards of one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism usually entails the notion that one’s own culture is superior to everyone else’s. Example: Americans tend to value technological advancement, industrialization, and the accumulation of wealth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethnorelativism – the assumption that cultures can only be understood relative to one another and that particular behavior can only be understood within a cultural context. The opposite of ethnocentrism.
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