 Ethnocentrism- the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own.  Example US citizens  People who are born into a particular culture and grow up absorbing the values and behaviors of the culture will develop patterns of thought reflecting the culture as normal

 Most people when drawing a map of the world tend to draw there home country larger than the others.  For example Texas would be drawn on the US map very large.

 Do you think someone living in another country would rate the United States as you did?  How do you think someone living in another country would rate his/her country in comparison to others? Why?  On which items did the United States come out the best? The worst? How do you account for this?  Do you think people become more or less ethnocentric as you grow older? Why do you think this way?

Therefore, since people are accustomed to their birth culture, it can be difficult for them to see the behaviors of people from a different culture from the viewpoint of that culture rather than from their own.

 45% of global trade is intra-organizational  Internet  The world is flat.  Britain – The ancient insular fortress  China – All routes lead through China  EU and USA  Greenhouses, GM Food

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 7.5 Must religion be anthropomorphic?  7.6 Does a religion necessarily require dogmas and creeds?

 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ◦ Vs. The Mexican border fence  Outsourcing vs. Skilled labor ◦ Paradox 7.10  Immigration derailing globalization? ◦ Even more will lead to even stricter laws?  E.g. Switzerland, France  Are we better or worse? ◦ Equality-matching vs. Authority ranking cultures.