LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM
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Question
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Identify whether the given statement is an example of ethnocentrism or cultural relativism."Indigenous people should learn to change their old and traditional ways of life in order to be happy and successful.”
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ethnocentrism
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cultural relativism
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Someone who is ethnocentric may believe that their culture is ‘correct’ and ‘normal, ‘ but someone who adopts cultural relativism understands that one culture is not better than another. An example of ethnocentrism is believing that the traditional clothing of a culture other than your own is ‘strange’ or ‘incorrect.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: An example of ethnocentrism in culture is the Asian cultures across all the countries of Asia. Throughout Asia, the way of eating is to use chopsticks with every meal. These people may find it unnecessary to find that people in other societies, such as the American society, eat using forks, spoons, knives, etc.
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