What Is It Called When People Judge Another Culture by the Standards

question 77

Multiple Choice

What is it called when people judge another culture by the standards of their own?

• A) culture shock
• B) culture lag
• C) culture confrontation
• D) ethnocentrism

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Definitions:

Pinocytosis

Cell drinking; a type of endocytosis by which cells engulf and absorb droplets of liquids. Compare with phagocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Net Water Movement

The overall transfer of water from one location to another, often across a membrane, driven by osmosis, filtration, or other forces.

Hypotonic

A term referring to a solution having an osmotic pressure (or solute concentration) less than that of the solution with which it is compared. Compare with hypertonic and isotonic.

Hypertonic

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to the solute concentration inside the cell, leading to the movement of water out of the cell.