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The document discusses ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, highlighting how history and environment shape human behavior and cultural diversity. It emphasizes the importance of cultural relativism in understanding and appreciating different cultures without bias. The document includes learning objectives, pre-test questions, and activities to reinforce the concepts of cultural variation, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.

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Ucsp Q1 W3

The document discusses ethnocentrism and cultural relativism, highlighting how history and environment shape human behavior and cultural diversity. It emphasizes the importance of cultural relativism in understanding and appreciating different cultures without bias. The document includes learning objectives, pre-test questions, and activities to reinforce the concepts of cultural variation, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.

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ETHNOCENTRISM

AND CULTURAL
RELATIVISM
OVERVIEW
History and environment are two of the
primary factors that shape the human behavior.
These two factors affect the human conditions
that promotes variations and diversity in
cultural practices and traditions.
Many human group around the world believe
that their culture are in fact superior to that of
others. This promotes plurality in human
condition and traditions and sometimes push
them to discriminate others. What makes us
different? Are humans really different from each
other, or are our differences just superficial?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, you are
expected to:
1. define cultural variation, cultural
relativism and ethnocentrism; and
2. explain the importance of cultural
relativism in attaining cultural
understanding
PRE-TEST
Direction: Carefully read each item. Write the
letter of the best answer. Use separate sheets
for your answers.
1. What cultural term refers to people’s
convictions that hold to be true?
A. Belief B. Culture C. Religion D. Tradition
2. What cultural term refers to the experience of
personal disorientation when confronted with
unfamiliar way of life?
A. Cultural Adaptation C. Cultural Shock
B. Cultural Relativism D. Cultural Variation
3. What cultural term refers to the evaluation of
another culture according to the standards of one’s
culture?
A. Cultural Adaptation C. Cultural Variation
B. Cultural Relativism D. Ethnocentrism
4. What sociological term refers to shared beliefs,
values and practices?
A. Belief B. Culture C. Religion D. Tradition
5. What cultural term refers to the groups that share a
specific identification, apart from a society’s majority,
even as the members exist within a larger society?
A. Counter Culture C. Popular Culture
B. High Culture D. Subculture
6. What is the cultural pattern of the elite?
A. Counter Culture C. Popular Culture
B. High Culture D. Subculture
7. What is the cultural pattern followed by the
mainstream of the society?
A. Counter Culture C. Popular Culture
B. High Culture D. Subculture
8. What is the cultural patterns or traits that are
globally common to all societies?
A. Cultural Shock C. Cultural Variation
B. Cultural Universal D. Subculture
9. What cultural practice is being used to assess
a culture using its own standards, and not by
comparison to another culture?
A. Cultural Adaptation C. Cultural Variation
B. Cultural Relativism D. Ethnocentrism
10. What cultural patterns rejects and oppose
society’s widely accepted cultural patterns?
A. Counter Culture C. Popular Culture
B. High Culture D. Subculture
ACTIVITY 1: CHEF BE LIKE!
• You are a chef in the world food exhibit. The
exhibit aims to showcase how local cuisines
have adapted the techniques of other culinary
traditions.
• As a delegate of the Philippine team, you will
select dishes that represents the fusion of our
local delicacy. Which among the following
suggested cuisines you will select?
• After selecting, discuss the influences of the
cuisine to sets of judges who will evaluate your
presentation.
ACTIVITY 1: CHEF BE LIKE!
ACTIVITY 1: CHEF BE LIKE!
CULTURAL
RELATIVISM
 Is a belief that cultures are
equally complex. There is
no such thing as superior
or inferior complex.
 Cultural Relativism means
that the function and
 It is the ability to
understand a culture on
its own terms and not to
make judgements using
the standards of one's
ETHNOCENTRISM
 It is a belief that one’s own culture
is better than others.
 They tend to compare, evaluate and
even judge other people’s ways
based on the values and standards
set in one’s own culture.
 When a society thinks that they are
superior over the others based on
their own standards, they exercise
IMPORTANCE:
 Cultural relativism is very important in studying the
culture of other people.
 As an attitude, cultural relativism promotes greater
appreciation of the cultures one encountered along the
way.
 As a behaviour, cultural relativism is a good way to
rehearse the norms and values of society a requirement
that one must subscribe to regardless of his/her cultural
origin.
1.What is cultural
relativism and
ethnocentrism?
2.What is the
Hello, I am Ben. I am an ethnocentric. I Hello I am Lisa. I am a cultural relativist. I believe
always believe that may culture is superior that culture of people must be looked at in terms of
from others. I often use my own culture to the world of these people inhabit. I try to look at
judge others. I consider their beliefs and their culture based on what their practices bring in
practices as savage or corrupt. Most of the to them. If Eskimos kill their infants sometimes, I
time I tend to discriminate others, bully believe that there is a practical reason why they do
them for their practices, and get into conflict that. That is why for me culture is relative. There is
with them. no right or wrong, I don’t have the right to say if it is
good or bad.
I can be a better
member of my society
if......
Activity 3: I Write
Write an essay (150-300 words)
explaining the importance of
cultural relativism in attaining
cultural understanding based from
the video presentation. Write your
essay in a one (1) whole sheet of
paper.

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