PYC4802 – ASSIGNMENT 2
(2021)
ANSWERS AND EXTRACTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK TO SUPPORT THE ANSWERS
FOR EACH QUESTION. (UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY : SOUTH
AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE 3RD EDITION)
, QUESTION 1 :
According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism...
(a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural
perspective.
(b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity.
(c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and
race in the socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and
cultural populations.
(d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture as superior to other
cultures.
Choose the correct answer:
1. (a), (b) and (c)
2. (a), (b) and (d)
3. (a), (c) and (d)
4. (b), (c) and (d)
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- Ethnocentrism refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural
perspective
- A problem arises when one views one’s own culture as superior to other cultures
- Typically ethnocentric individuals will judge other people relative to their own
particular ethnic group or culture, basing this on language, behaviour, customs and
religion. (i.e. – understanding these is challenging)
- An example of ethnocentrism is the tendency in Western medicine to discredit the
methods of the traditional African healer.
(2021)
ANSWERS AND EXTRACTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK TO SUPPORT THE ANSWERS
FOR EACH QUESTION. (UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY : SOUTH
AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE 3RD EDITION)
, QUESTION 1 :
According to Burke et al. (2019), ethnocentrism...
(a) refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural
perspective.
(b) encourages cultural diversity and sensitivity.
(c) is an important challenge in understanding the role of culture, ethnicity and
race in the socio-political and economic development of diverse ethnic and
cultural populations.
(d) is problematic when one views one’s own culture as superior to other
cultures.
Choose the correct answer:
1. (a), (b) and (c)
2. (a), (b) and (d)
3. (a), (c) and (d)
4. (b), (c) and (d)
Page 22 –
- Ethnocentrism refers to judging other people from within one’s own cultural
perspective
- A problem arises when one views one’s own culture as superior to other cultures
- Typically ethnocentric individuals will judge other people relative to their own
particular ethnic group or culture, basing this on language, behaviour, customs and
religion. (i.e. – understanding these is challenging)
- An example of ethnocentrism is the tendency in Western medicine to discredit the
methods of the traditional African healer.
