UCSP QUIZ 3

Acquiring culture through a learning process as individuals grow up as members of their own cultural group is called

• acculturation

• adaptation

• enculturation

• ethnocentrism

Cultural relativism says that a person's beliefs and practices have to be understood...

• Based on other cultures

• Based on that person's beliefs

• Based on that person's own culture

• Based on that person's own opinion

Ethnocentrism is known as the tendency to see the world primarily

• From the perspective of one's opinions

• From the perspective of one's ancestors

• From the perspective of one's own culture

• None of these

Cultural Relativism believes that

• All cultures are equal.

• All cultures are unequal.

• Western culture is superior.

• European culture is superior.

The tendency to view one’s own way of life as natural or correct is known by anthropologists as

• cultural relativism

• symbolic coding

• ethnocentrism

• human agency

Cultural relativism tries to _________ ethnocentrism.

• Support

• Counter

• Explain

• Justify

Ben is ethnocentric. He considers other people, specifically indigenous tribes, as backwards people who have no manners at all. Why do you think Ben come up with this bias?

• He regards another culture as superior.

• He regards his own culture as superior.

• He regards his own culture as normal and uses it to measure foreign cultures.

• He regards another culture as superior and uses it to measure his own culture.

Which of the following would a cultural relativist accept?

• There are no moral truths at all.

• Morality is determined by personal opinion.

• Morality is determined by the guiding ideals of a society.

• None of the above.

What choice would you have made in the following statements that is a positive effect of ethnocentrism?

• Rina posted on her Facebook wall saying that eating fried tarantula is “yuckie.”

• Greg posted a statement which says, “Ang galing ng Pinoy, angat sa iba, kaya’t tayo ay magkaisa.”

• Wendel tweeted, “Nakakatakot na ang panahon ngayon daming taong gumagala na tadtad ng tattoo ang katawan.”

• Shiela posted a picture of Carlos P. Romulo with a caption, “This little brown monkey that you are referring to does not eat banana peelings. He is a Filipino not an American.

How would you evaluate the following statements about ethnocentrism?

• It is a trait of civilized people.

• It is the argument that there is a universal moral standard.

• It is the view that a given culture be understood in terms of local values.

• It is the tendency to view your own culture as superior and to apply its values in judging the behavior and beliefs of people in other cultures.