Which of the following examples best demonstrates the concept of cultural imposition?
1.
Offering spicy foods to the sick
2.
Baptizing comatose patients without family approval
3.
Asking a patient what they think caused their cancer
4.
Helping a son plan funeral arrangements for his father
ANS: 2
The concept of cultural imposition is similar to ethnocentrism. It occurs when one person imposes the rules of their culture on another person.
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