LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards, and not the standards of another culture.
A
Culture Shock
B
Cultural Relativism
C
Ethnocentrism
D
Cultural Composition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cultural relativism is the idea that a person’s beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture. Proponents of cultural relativism also tend to argue that the norms and values of one culture should not be evaluated using the norms and values of another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Use examples to support your answer (google photos)Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view one’s own culture or group as superior while cultural relativism is the belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cultural relativism is the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context from which they are derived. Cultural relativists uphold that cultures differ fundamentally from one another, and so do the moral frameworks that structure relations within different societies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ethnocentrism compares other cultures by using a group’s specific culture as the basis of that comparison, believing theirs to be superior and the standard to be used in comparison to other cultures. Cultural relativism, on the other hand, believes that culture is understood best through its own people.

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