What Is Ethnocentrism

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Multiple Choice

What is ethnocentrism?

• A)understanding that differences exist between cultural systems and believing that other cultural systems make as much sense as your own
• B)using an insider's term for what you observe happening in a community you are observing
• C)using an outsider's terms for what you observe happening in a community you are observing
• D)using your own cultural system to interpret what others are doing, with the assumption that your own system is the only one that makes sense

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

In research, it's the variable that is being tested and measured, expected to change as a result of manipulations to the independent variable.

Manipulated

Refers to the controlled alteration or handling of variables in experiments to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon that occurs in an experiment when a participant’s response to a treatment is due to his or her expectations about the treatment rather than to the treatment itself.

Sugar Pill

A placebo, often used in medical trials to test the efficacy of new drugs by comparing their effects to those of an inert pill.