A cultural trait

A cultural trait 

A cultural trait that exists across all cultures is referred to as

 

·         universal

 

A cultural trait that is found in many societies but not all is often referred to as a

 

·         generality

 

A cultural trait that is usually confined to one society or place is known as a

 

·         particularity

 

Which of these examples could be considered a particularity?

 

·         a family eating the same exact meal every Tuesday night

 

3. Which of these statements would anthropologists DISAGREE with?

 

·         There are no cultural traits that span across the globe

 

Everyone is probably a little ethnocentric. Why is this?

 

·         aside from their own culture, people often have no frame of reference when encountering other cultures

 

What is cultural relativism?

 

·         measuring behavior by how it is regarded in the person's own culture

 

regarding one's own culture as superior

 

·         Ethnocentrism is regarding one's own culture as the standard by which other cultures are measured.

 

Why might ethnocentrism on a global scale lead to dehumanizing others?

 

·         other people may be treated as savage or morally corrupt

 

What is the greatest weakness of cultural relativism?

 

·         there is no basis for determining whether something in another culture is right or wrong