Define ethnocentrism and discuss its causes and effects.
What will be an ideal response?
Ethnocentricity is a natural condition. Most peoples of the world do not like foreigners and openly display feelings of hostility and fear toward them. At the core of ethnocentrism is the tendency for any people to put their own group in a position of centrality and worthwhile creating and reinforcing negative attitudes and behaviors toward out-groups. As newborns, humans are entirely, and naturally, egocentric. As we become socialized, we observe that our families coexist with other families, and that this culmination of people constitutes some form of neighborhood, clan, tribe, community, city, society, and finally culture. By the time we realize that we are a part of some much larger whole, we are officially enculturated and ethnocentric.
Ethnocentrism is negatively and significantly correlated with perceptions of social attraction, competence, character, and hiring recommendation.
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