Question

When Charles and Kim visit Great Britain, Charles quickly decided to NOT drive the rental car because he perceives the drivers as strange and weird and he wants nothing to do with them. Kim, on the other hand, is excited about driving the car. She is looking forward to learning how to do things differently than in the United States. In this example, Charles is experiencing _____ while Kim is experiencing _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ethnocentrism;

Cultural relativism

Explanation:

Ethnocentrism is a way of thinking whereby individual judge other cultures based on the ideals and beliefs of his cultures while culturally relativism is assessing a culture by its standard i.e from the eye of those who practice the culture. Chris made an assumption that the drivers are weird and strange without having even tested the which make categorize his way of thinking to be ethnocentric while Kim is willing to experience the culture first which makes her to be categorized under cultural relativism.

Answer 2

Answer:

ethnocentrism; cultural relativism

Explanation:

Ethnocentrism refers to evaluation of another culture based on preconceived beliefs and standards garnered from ones own culture. It occurs as result of the belief that one's ethnicity is superior to others ethnic groups.

On the other hand cultural relativism suggests that one's culture could only be understood in the context and criteria of that person's culture and not anothers'