Ethnocentrism Matrix: Presumed American Cultural Norms Of Other Cultures

Ethnocentrism Matrix
SOC 315

ETHNOCENTRISM MATRIX

Review the characteristics listed in each of the following categories: “Presumed American Cultural Norms” and “Presumed Cultural Norms of Other Cultures.” Based on personal experience, list the possible advantages and disadvantages of each cultural norm. Also, indicate whether the norms are true.

Presumed American Cultural Norms

| |True/False |Advantages |Disadvantages |
|Emphasis on promptness and time |True |Gives people exact times to be at events and |People may be crunched for time and |
| | |when
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|Competitive spirit |True |This allows for people to try and be the best|People who are not naturally |
| | |in what they do. This is good in the |competitive in nature may be over |
| | |workplace and school. |shadowed by competition. |
|Rugged individualism |True |People are able to be themselves and are less|This may cause conflict between |
| | |worried about pleasing others. |people. |
|Informality in relationships |True |People feel more comfortable and personable |People can feel too comfortable with