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burchfield96

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on: Jul 1, 2018
Distinguish between ethnocentrism and cultural relativity.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

An ideology that justified prejudice or discrimination based on age is referred to as:
 
  a. ageism
  b. gerontocracy
  c. geriatrics
  d. agoraphobia


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ethnocentrism is the idea that one's own culture is superior to all others. It is the tendency to judge all other cultures in terms of one's own standards. Cultural relativity recognizes that all cultures develop their own ways of dealing with the specific demands of the environment, and that differences do not necessarily imply inferiority.

Answer to Question 2

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