Ethnographic Comparisons of Apologies in Japan and Western Societies Show

question 47

Multiple Choice

Ethnographic comparisons of apologies in Japan and Western societies show __________.

• A) a more explicit recognition of people's effects on each other in Japan
• B) a more explicit recognition of people's effects on each other in Western societies
• C) almost exactly the same use of apology in both places
• D) fewer cases of acceptance of apologies in Japan

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Definitions:

Unusual

Something that deviates from what is commonly expected or considered as normal; not ordinary.

DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, a comprehensive classification of mental disorders.

Dangerous

Involving potential harm or risk to health, safety, or well-being.

Cultural Relativism

View that norms among cultures set the standard for what counts as normal behavior, which implies that abnormal behavior can only be defined relative to these norms and that no universal definition of abnormality is therefore possible; only definitions of abnormality relative to a specific culture are possible.