Ethnocentrism is the belief that whose culture is superior?

• A. One's own culture
• B. All other cultures
• C. A specific other culture
• D. No culture

Answer: (A)

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one’s own culture, and to view one’s own as superior. The correct option captures that belief clearly: one’s own culture is superior. This perspective shapes how people evaluate customs, values, and practices that are different from their own, often leading to bias or prejudice when encountering unfamiliar ways of life. In contrast, saying all other cultures are superior would flip the bias, attributing superiority to others; praising a specific other culture would indicate partial bias toward that culture rather than a general belief in one’s own superiority; and claiming no culture is superior implies neutrality, not the stance of superiority that ethnocentrism entails.