What are the challenges of promoting critical thinking about cultural assumptions and biases?

The Ambiguities of History: The Problem of Ethnocentrism in Historical Writ ing. By Finn Fuglestad. Oslo: Academic Press, 2005. Pp. 150. One of the most ... From an anthropological point of view, Lévi-Strauss presents ethnocentrism as natural and intrinsic for humankind, resulting from “the desire of each culture to ... ... ethnocentrism in “authoritarian” cultures than in “nonauthoritarian” cultures. ... culture. Highly significant correlations were found between the ... Cultural bias is the act of interpreting and evaluating events according to norms that are specific to one's own culture. Cultural diversity gives rise to ... If a group upholds the belief that other groups are inferior to them, this could result in groups discriminating against each other. On an extreme scale, ... Lesson 6: Cultural Dispositions. Combatting Ethnocentrism. To overcome ethnocentric attitudes there are seven actions that help to minimize or eliminate ... The idea of cultural universals—that specific aspects of culture are common to all human cultures—runs contrary to cultural relativism. Cultural relativism ... Jan 1, 2021 ... There are ways to combat ethnocentric behavior. One way is through cultural relativism. This means looking at someone's culture through its own ... This study aims at identifying the behavioral and neural correlates of Consumer Ethnocentrism in the field of brand preference, using event-related potential ( ... We predicted that those who took part in the Cross-Cultural Psychology class would have significantly reduced ethnocentric attitudes as a result of the course ...