Elise travels across Thailand with her friends and, to her surprise, finds the country quite unlike the United States. "I hate the food," she tells her family at home. "I hate the language, I hate the weird customs and awful music. America is clearly the best place to be." This is an example of _______.

a. Ethnocentrism
b. Paradigms
c. Xenocentrism
d. Moral relativism


a. Ethnocentrism

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