Rory visits South America, and while he explores the cities he visits, he watches the locals and notices differences between them and people from his hometown, finding some of their practices odd or even distasteful. He does not interact with anyone, believing it not worth his time to engage with people so different from him. Rory is following which approach to intercultural encounters?

a. exploitation
b. zoo
c. primitive
d. cocultural


Ans: b. zoo

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