ETHNOCENTRISM

1. Stereotype: Generalizations about a group of people whereby we attribute a defined set of characteristics to this group.

2. American ethnocentrism: capitalism vs communism, driving, accents, legal age of alcohol consumption...

3. Types of ethnocentrism: american exceptionalism, eurocentrism, indian nationalismjapanocentrism and sinocentrism.

4. An individual with an ethnocentric view defines other cultures elements as incorrect or unusual, rejects out group ethnicities, thinks in group norms are universal, etc.

5. Ethnocentrism is the view of things in which one´s group is the center of everything and others are scaled and rated with reference to it.