reject what are different. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is simply the belief that one’s group or culture is superior to another. This can be applied to race‚ different countries‚ or even to sexist or ageism issues. Characteristically‚ ethnocentrism is most commonly applied to race and other cultures‚ countries. Ethnocentrism is defined as a bad term. "The fallacy of ethnocentrism is committed by people who exaggerate the
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This research is about the study of the understanding and attitudes of Thai and Singaporean consumers towards the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) coming around in 2015. AEC is a regional economic integration of 10 countries consisting of Thailand‚ Brunei Darussalam‚ Cambodia‚ Indonesia‚ Laos‚ Malaysia‚ Myanmar‚ Philippines‚ Singapore and Vietnam which are diverse economically‚ culturally and politically. There are 4 mains key characteristics of AEC which are following. 1. A single market and production
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The Removal of the Invisible Ethnocentric Barrier Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………....3 Literature Review………………………………………………………………………..4 Methodology……………………………………………‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚…..5 Results…………………………………………………………‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚…...7 Discussion………………………………………………………………..…………….....9 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….……...13 Reference List…………………………………………………………………………...15 A. Introduction Globalization has impacted
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Top of Form Question 1. Question : Which of the following is an example of an etic description of teen pregnancy in America? Student Answer: One of my friends in high school got pregnant in her sophomore year. She and the father decided to keep the baby‚ got married and just celebrated their 10th anniversary. They both finished college and have good jobs now. It just goes to show that people can overcome teen pregnancy and become successful parents. Although popular opinion sometimes
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die. In this essay i would talk to you about the similarities and differences between this two stories go on or die and heroine’s last days.The differences are: Go on or die is about Slavery and heroine’s last days is based in the Holocaust and ethnocentrism is also a difference. As you can see go on or die talks about Harriet Tubman giving slaves the freedom they deserve and in the heroine’s last days Anne Frank is hiding with her family from the nazis. This two stories have events that
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• Define bias‚ prejudice‚ discrimination‚ and ethnocentrism. • Ethnocentrism an attitude of superiority toward members of other ethnic groups ETHNOCENTRISM: the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture THE PROBLEM: Ethnocentrism leads us to make false assumptions about cultural
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strategy has a great change. According to the article‚ there are three identifiable attitudes; ethnocentrism‚ polycentrism and geocentrism‚ toward to building a multinational enterprise. The article said that Ethnocentrism can be found in companies that have many nationalities and foreign partner. It has complex organization in home country‚ but very simple in subsidiaries. Because ethnocentrism is based on the attitude that one’s own group is superior to others‚ headquarter decide and control
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about that identity. Your personal values may‚ in fact‚ constitute a barrier to cross-cultural communication. Consider this list of common attitudes that may affect your ability to communicate. Two of the key elements from the list – prejudice and ethnocentrism – are discussed below. Prejudice Prejudice arises from the ‘pre-judging’ of someone’s characteristics simply because they have been categorised as belonging to a particular group. It is usually associated with negative attitudes to that group
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culture in four aspects: “Cultural Universals‚ Culture Clash‚ Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism”. (A Global Analysis of Culture‚ Alex Thio) Because I am interested in cultural diversity‚ then I choose the article to finish my essay. After reading the whole article‚ the main idea of the article is the effects of different culture on human beings. The writer analyses it in four points: “Cultural Universals‚ Culture Clash‚ Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism”. (A Global Analysis of Culture‚ Alex
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2. What is the basic difference between a fad‚ a fashion‚ a classic‚ and a trend? Provide example of each. A fashion refers to a style that is accepted by a large group of people at a given time such as skinny jeans. Some styles become classics‚ which are styles that become acceptable and in good taste anytime and place such as the classic black dress. A fad is a short lived fashion that suddenly becomes popular and quickly disappears; generally it only affects a specific group of the population
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