Which of the following is true of ethnocentrism?

a. It leads to an attitude of acceptance and open-mindedness.
b. It is a perceptual shortcut in which people assume that everyone in a cultural group is the same.
c. It leads to attitudes of superiority and messages that are condescending in content and tone.
d. It is not experienced by people who belong to co-cultures.


c. It leads to attitudes of superiority and messages that are condescending in content and tone.
Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others. An ethnocentric view of the world leads to attitudes of superiority and messages that are condescending in content and tone.

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