Question

Sridhar is from India and has decided to give his informative speech on Indian marriage customs. Because he will be getting married back home the next summer, he is very excited about the topic. He is concerned, however, that his classmates, all of whom are from the United States, may think he is saying that marriage traditions in India are better than those in the United States. Sridhar's concern indicates that he is sensitive to the problem of
a. egocentrism.
b. ethical relativism.
c. ethnocentrism.
d. all of these choices.
e. egocentrism and ethical relativism.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Ethnocentrism

Explanation:

Ethnocentrism is defined as the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceived ideas that originate in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

In this case Sridhar is sensitive to the idea that his classmates will evaluate what he says because of the preconceptions they have.