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