1) Culture shock is defined as personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. (Course Handout 2: 2/Macionis 2019: 46) a) How is culture shock similar to Durkheim's concept,...

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Extracted text: 1) Culture shock is defined as personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. (Course Handout 2: 2/Macionis 2019: 46) a) How is culture shock similar to Durkheim's concept, anomie? (Course Handout 1:5) b) Do you think culture shock contributes to cultural discriminations within the United States? Briefly explain. 2) Ethnocentrism is defined as the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture. (Course Handout 2: 6-7/Macionis 2019: 62) a) What is the difference between positive ethnocentrism and negative ethnocentrism? b) How are subcultures and countercultures influenced by positive and negative ethnocentrism. You may use a fictional or nonfictional illustration in your response.


Extracted text: 6:46 Document (2) 2a. Being ethnocentric means judging another group or community strictly by your own criteria. The only proper way of behaving is the way your party behaves, and your customs and values are superior to those of other groups. The advantage of this is that it provides the society with confidence and assurance. It helps the community stay unitedand concentrated. The negative is that ethnocentrism can lead to ignorance and a propensity to disregard another group's valuable and even superior expertise or mentality. 2b. For example, in the book Collapse by Jared Diamond, he argues that if the Scandinavians in Greenland had embraced aspects of Indian culture, such as building waterprooffishing kayaks, they may have survived because the native culture was better suited to the realities of the environment and the ecosystem. Ethnocentrism, however, ledthem to condemn indigenous methods as inferior andinsist on trying to run farms, so they died. B I А G It The Q W E R T YUIO P A S F J KL XC V N M 123 ... D N