The use of one's own culture and its practices as the standard for interpreting the values, beliefs, and norms of another culture is known as
A) cultural relativism.
B) moral relativism.
C) egocentrism.
D) ethnocentrism.
E) assimilation.
D
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a. negligence b. truth c. actual malice d. embarrassment
A sign
a. is something with which meanings are associated. b. is composed of a text and its meanings. c. is accessible to human senses. d. is the smallest whole unit of meaning. e. All of the above.
Americans listen almost exclusively to music that originates in the United States
a. True. b. False.
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a. perform at a higher level as illustrated by the Pygmalion Effect. b. illustrate the effects of social comparisons. c. are never able to attain any level of success due to unrealistic parental expectations. d. will be dissatisfied with their self-concept and have lower levels of self-esteem. e. all of the above are true.