Culture — Sociology STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

Example : Throughout Asia the way of eating is to use chopsticks with every meal. These people may find that people in other societies using forks, spoons, knives, etc. to eat are foolish. Demeaning other cultures can enhance one’s feeling of pride in their own culture.

1. Ethnocentrism is the view that one’s own culture is better than anyone else’s culture.
2. It consists of evaluating other cultures from the perspective of one’s own.
3. It refers to the tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life are superior to all others.
4. The ethnocentric person sees his or her own culture as the most important.