Cultural Relativism

Question 1

What is a culture bias?

Answer 1

-ignore cultural differences assuming they can be generalised globally
-e.g lots of research don in west only applicable to the west
-zimbrado

Question 2

What is ethnocentricism?

Answer 2

-assumption one ethnic group is superior to the other
-leads to beleving there ethnic group is the norm and others is abnormal prejudice and deiscriminnation
-iq

Question 3

Explain how ethnocentricism is an outdated concept.

Answer 3

-viewing it as ind or coll is a lazy generaliation
-many similarities between cultures due to globalisation
-ivan and kroonenberg found there is greater differences within cultures than between in attachemnt
-concept lacks vldiity

Question 4

What is cultural relativism?

Answer 4

-appreciation that behaviour varies between cultures
–no right and wrong
-social norms are culturall relative to acceptabel in one culture but not another
-shamiosm abnormaility