LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior to others.
A
Culture Shock
B
Cultural Universals
C
Ethnocentrism
D
Change in Values
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethnocentrism, a term coined by William Graham Sumner, is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of your own ethnic culture and the belief that that is in fact the “right” way to look at the world. For instance, reluctance or aversion to trying another culture’s cuisine is ethnocentric.

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