Type I

Task : 1. What are the similarities or the differences between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism?

          2. Please give three examples of Cultural Shock!

Essay : Please give your own comment about Cultural Lag in Indonesia! (at least 50 words)

1. Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture. It creates a biased evaluation of unfamiliar practices. The evaluations of cultural variations in the maintenance of personal space or bathroom practices are illustrations of this concept. Cultural relativism is the practice of judging a culture by its own standards. The issue of cultural sensitivity related to international business ventures is amusing, but there are some cultural practices which are deeply disturbing, such as child labor in various parts of the world. This suggests that perhaps there are some universal standards we could identify as necessary rather than accepting any behavior within the context of cultural relativity.

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• The similarities between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism, both are means of judging other groups and their culture.
• The differences between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism: Ethnocentrism is quite different than that of cultural relativism. Terms such as underdeveloped and primitive are prime examples of the ignorance societies use to describe another. A person with an ethnocentric perspective may view other cultures as deviations from what is "normal". The history of the English serves as a prime example of ethnocentric beliefs. Discrimination plays a direct role in the ethnocentric belief. During the exploration period the discrimination against blacks by whites was a major controversial issue.

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2. A young native Canadian moves from the Northwest Territories to attend university in Toronto, Ontario. The easiest thing for him to make a good society is interact with Toronto dialect.

• Niken wanted to work in capital city. So she went to Jakarta for a better work. The difficulties she got when she arrived in the downtown, she didn’t speak fluently with the capital languages. Because she was from java, so she was unusual with it. So she learned to interact with the society with the new languages for her. And she also tried harder to live in town which known as “the tight city”.
• There is a hug cultural difference between society in Pakistan and the modern society of the States. In Pakistan society there is a joint family system, the children live together with their parents whether they are under 18 or not. In United States, there is a concept of "individualism". Everyone has an individual life, making their own decisions for everything. In US, a person over 18 living with his parents is considered an immature person. In Pakistan, a person not living with his parents doesn't have a respectable place in the society, because it is their social and religious custom to take care of their parents.

ESSAY Cultural Lag in Indonesia

Culture Lag in Indonesia is still happening now especially in the border orbackwoods. Some citizen doesn’t know what is electricity? Lack of subsidy from the government causes the citizen it’s nearer from the poverty. They don’t have enough money to buy a mobile phone. Moreover, in the backwoods it’s really difficult to search voucher reload for their phone. Usually, the citizen who lives in the small island, it’s too hard to get the new update about technology improvement. Lack of acknowledgement is also influence to the ignorance about how to use the new technology.