Ethnocentrism Flashcards
The belief of a certain society that their culture is much more superior than the others
Ethnocentrism
Two kinds of ethnocentrism
Sinocentrism eurocentrism
Belief that the chinese culture is much more superior than the others
Sinocentrism
Middle kingdom
Zhonggu
Lands outside the influence of China
Hiawizhidi
Colonial mentality
Colloquially
It is the idea that a person’s belief values and practices should be understood based on the person’s own cultures
Cultural relativism
First afro-american road scholar in 1987 coined term cultural relativism
Alain locke
It is an element pattern or trait also called human universal
Cultural universal
It is an experience a person which may have one moves to the cultural environment which he or she is not familiar with
Culture shock
It is the process by which different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication
Cultural leveling
The deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture
Cultural imperialism