How Is the Bipolar, Dimensional Approach Related to Ethnocentrism

question 24

Multiple Choice

How is the bipolar, dimensional approach related to ethnocentrism?

• A) Both assume a relative approach to cross-cultural communication, in which each culture's value systems are viewed as equally valid.
• B) Ethnocentrism is an antiquated idea that has been replaced by frameworks such as the dimensional approach.
• C) The dimensional approach aims to replace other culture's value systems with more modern, western ones.
• D) The framework assumes that cross-cultural awareness takes place only when you view other cultural values in relation to your own.

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Definitions:

Flashing Blue Light

Often used in emergency vehicles, signaling urgency and alerting others to give way, also studied for its effects on the human brain and body.

Classical Conditioning

An associative learning process where two stimuli are constantly paired together; the second stimulus initially causes a response which in time is caused by the first stimulus alone.

Acquisition

The phase during learning when a response is established and gradually strengthened.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is also elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.