Ethnocentrism

Cards (3)

  • Ethnocentrism = Own culture is taken as the norm and we judge other cultures against our own
  • Asch (1951) conformity is ethnocentric due to it only studying Americans and generalising to other cultures
  • Milgram (1963) obedience challenged the view of german obedience, however only studied american participants so the findings couldn't be generalised to other cultures