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Ethnocentrism- the tendency to believe that
one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally
important, and that all other groups are
measured in relation to one’s own.
Example US citizens
People who are born into a particular culture
and grow up absorbing the values and
behaviors of the culture will develop patterns
of thought reflecting the culture as normal
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Most people when drawing a map of the
world tend to draw there home country larger
than the others.
For example Texas would be drawn on the US
map very large.
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Do you think someone living in another country
would rate the United States as you did?
How do you think someone living in another
country would rate his/her country in comparison
to others? Why?
On which items did the United States come out
the best? The worst? How do you account for
this?
Do you think people become more or less
ethnocentric as you grow older? Why do you
think this way?
Therefore, since people are accustomed to
their birth culture, it can be difficult for them
to see the behaviors of people from a
different culture from the viewpoint of that
culture rather than from their own.
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45% of global trade is intra-organizational
Internet  The world is flat.
Britain – The ancient insular fortress
China – All routes lead through China
EU and USA
Greenhouses, GM Food
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8nKHHgbeg
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7.5 Must religion be anthropomorphic?
7.6 Does a religion necessarily require
dogmas and creeds?
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
◦ Vs. The Mexican border fence
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Outsourcing vs. Skilled labor
◦ Paradox 7.10
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Immigration derailing globalization?
◦ Even more will lead to even stricter laws?
 E.g. Switzerland, France
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Are we better or worse?
◦ Equality-matching vs. Authority ranking cultures.