Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

Question 1

The practice of comparing other cultural practices with those of one’s own and finding those cultural practices to be inferior.

Answer 1

Ethnocentrism

Question 2

It is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and values are dependent on their cultural context and should be treated as such.

Answer 2

Cultural Relativism

Question 3

Strong belief that one’s own products, styles, or ideas are inferior to those which originate elsewhere.

Answer 3

Xenocentrism

Question 4

Fear of what is perceived as foreign or strange.

Answer 4

Xenophobia