Perspective and Experiance

A) Ethnocentrism focuses mostly on the idea, that when people are looking at other cultures they tend to bring their own culture in and compare it the the studied culture. Obviously people are attached to their way of thinking or their culture, but when looking at, or studying another culture it is not fair to think of his or her culture as more important or better than the other culture. If this happens then the newly studied culture will not be learned a thoroughly or correctly. For example, in other countries women are not allowed to show their face or really any skin in public. They must wear veils on their faces and cover up their bodies when going into the public. In our culture we don't do that at all, many girls wear short skirt or shirts and show lots of skin in public. So to us in our culture that seems weird to us, but to them they must do it.

B) Culture shock is really just what it sound like it would be. It is when someone leaves their own culture behind, possibly for a vacation or moving maybe, and goes to another country where the culture is very different form the one that they are familiar with and used to at home. Culture shock is when a person enters that knew culture they are say excited and open tho the things that are going on around them because it is all knew, different, and exciting. Then sometimes they will become more anxious, because everything is so different form what they were used to at home, and they are not familiar with the way that things are done in this knew culture yet. Then eventually they become familiar and maybe accustomed to this new culture and it become more of a norm for the. Also there can be reverse culture shock. This is when a person becomes used or accustomed to a new visited culture, and then comes back home to the original culture that they had previously known.

C) Culture is a very big part of the whole world, and people and their experiences and perspectives are greatly influenced by it. People start to think that their culture is the "right" way to do things and that other cultures beliefs and thoughts are "wrong" or weird. Which i snot right because there are so many different cultures that make up this world and none of them are "wrong" or "right" they are all just different ways of thinking. This could definitely change a persons experience somewhere or perspective on a place.

D) There is really no way to stop ethnocentrism. It is something that is going to happen know matter what. People are aware of it, but there really isn't much that can be done, which is a major problem. There is always going to be people that think it is stupid that people in other parts of the wold do things differently then they do. Like not allowing women to show their face or skin in public. Because of the fact that there is most likely going to be eethnocentrism, it is almost inevitale that culture shock will also occur. So it seems that we are sort of setting ourselves up in this vicious cycle of culture shock and ethnocentrism.

E) On a more positive note, cultural relativism is a possible solution to our problem of ethnocentrism and culture shock. Cultural relativism requires a reasearcher to look at and study a different culture with more of an open mind. They must have the idea that they are not comparing this different culture to their own in a way that they assume that their culture is better and more right. But instead must think of it as comparing it to the "normal" culture that they are used to and know. This way more can be learned about this different culture and more can be understood. Using this method of cultural relativism, and being more open minded and non judgemental, will help overcome culture shock much easier.

F) I think that if people had a more open mind to what other people were doing, especially if it is part of their culture, it would be so much better. Like i said earlier, why should it matter to some people that some women in other countries arent allowed to show skin or parts of their face. That is a part of their culture and cannot be changed by a single person, especially one not apart of that culture. People just need to accept what other cultures do, even if they do not totally agree with it themselves. Just keeping an open mind will help this situation of culture shock and ethnocentrism a lot.

G) i thought that the wikipedia cites were a big help. It is easier for me to define and get the just of what the topic is about from reading the information given on the page.