Why is ethnocentrism functional?
A) It reinforces conformity and maintains stability.
B) It promotes the belief that no culture is better than another.
C) People disparage those with differing attitudes as inferior or backward.
D) It encourages intergroup understanding and cooperation.
E) Viewing others as inferior generates hatred, discrimination, and conflict.
Question 2
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the ideal culture?
A) It is the belief that one's culture, society, or group is inherently superior to others.
B) It comprises people's actual everyday behavior.
C) It includes symbolic interactions between societies.
D) It comprises the beliefs, values, and norms that people say they hold or follow.
E) It includes coexistence of several cultures in the same geographic area.