When Japanese Cars First Became Popular in the United States

question 15

Multiple Choice

When Japanese cars first became popular in the United States, some drivers of domestic cars placed bumper stickers on their vehicles that stated "Hungry? Eat your foreign car." These stickers encouraged people to support local workers and keep an American advantage in the balance of trade between Japan and the United States. The attitude expressed by the stickers is best described as ________.

• A) national inertia
• B) lexicographic determinism
• C) stereotyping
• D) ethnocentrism

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