Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CATBALOGAN CITY
Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEET FOR QUARTER 1, WEEK 3

Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

as Orientations in viewing other Culture

Name : _______________________________________ Grade & Section : _____________________

Teacher : _____________________________________ School : ______________________________

Competencies
 Explain the importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural understanding.
(UCSP11/12DCSId-10)

General Reminders: Use this activity sheet with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any
part of the activity sheet. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises. Read the
directions carefully before doing each task. Return this activity sheet to your teacher/facilitator
once you are through with it.

Explore (Review and Motivation)

Activity 1: What I Think About This?

Directions: List down your observation/s about the given picture below.

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 Learn (What is it/Discussion of the Topic)

What are the aspects of Culture?

Since culture is very complex, there are important aspects of culture that contribute
to the development of man’s social interaction.

Dynamic, flexible, and adaptive

Shared and contested

Learned through socialization or enculturation

Patterned social interactions

Integrated and at times unstable

Transmitted through socialization

Requires language and other forms of communication

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Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
As mentioned by Dean Champion and his associates, “the range of variations between
culture is almost endless and yet at the same time cultures ensembles one another in many
important ways”. Somehow, cultural variation is affected by man’s geographical set-up and
social experiences. Cultural variation refers to the differences in social behaviors that
different cultures exhibit around the world. What may be considered good etiquette in one
culture may be considered bad etiquette in another (www.ask.com).Like so, there are two
important perceptions on cultural variability namely ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.

Ethnocentrism
• It is a perception that arises from the fact that culturs, differ and each culture defines
reality differently.
• Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's culture.

Cultural Relativism
• The attempt to judge behavior according to its cultural context
• The principles that an individual person's beliefs and actiities should be understood by
other on terms of that individuals own culture

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 Practice Exercises/Activity
Just Saying!
Direction: Identify the following statement if it shows an idea of ethnocentrism or cultural
relativism. Write your answers on your answer sheets. Do not write anything in this module.
______ 1. Thinking that your own culture is better than other culture.
_______2. Men are strong and smarter than women.
_______3. Looking directly at a person means that your respect that person.
_______4. Americans believe democracy is the only form of government. _______5.” Try some deep
fried crickets they’re delicious!” “I’m not used to eat crickets; can you tell me why you
like them?"
_______6. Prostitution is illegal in our country yet legal in Germany.
_______7. In Bolivia, a 14-year-old girls can legally get married. But in China, men have to wait
until they’re 22.
_______8. It is wrong to show up late for an appointment.
______10. Women in India wear red on their wedding day.

Engage (What I Learned/Generalizations)

React and Say!

Directions: Reflect the question below based on what you have learned from the topic. You
can used a separate sheet of paper and attached it to the learning activity sheets.

Is there such a superior or inferior culture? Why?

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Rubric in Essay Writing:

Forms, Content and Insight - 10

Presentation and Style - 5
Accuracy - 8
Fairness - 5
Methodology - 7
Total - 35 points

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 Apply (What I Can Do)

Fill It!
Direction: Identify the following aspects of culture if it is visible or non-visible as shown in
the collage picture above. Put (/) to the column where it belong.

Aspects of Culture Visible Non-Visible

1. Food

2. Ethics

3. Festivals

4. Beliefs

5. Values

Share- Patience!
Direction: Give your own experience or observations to describe the aspects of culture in
Column A, write your answers in Column B as your evidence.

Column A Column B
(Aspects of Culture) (Prevalent in Society)
1. Transmitted through Example: A mother teaching her
socialization. child to eat using fork and spoon.
2. Shared and contested.
3. Dynamic, flexible and adaptive
4. Requires language and other forms
of communication.
5. Patterned social interactions.

6. Learned through
socialization or
enculturation.
7. Integrated and at times unstable

Post Test
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Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your activity notebook.

______1. A belief that all cultures as equally complex.

a. Cultural Relativism c. Ethnocentrism

b. Folkways d. Enculturation

______2. What do you call about judging other cultures by the standards of your own,
assuming your own culture to be the best.
a. Cultural Variation c. Enculturation
b. Ethnocentrism d. Sociological Imagination

______3. It is the thinking that one’s own race is superior and has the right to control for
direct others.
a. Racism c. Scape Goating
b. Stereotyping d. Prejudice

______4. The following statement are characteristics of culture except.

a. It is learned & acquired c. It is shared and transmitted

b. It is deliberated & enacted d. It gratifies human need

_____5. This arises from the fact that culture differ and each culture defines reality
differently.
a. Indoctrination c. Ethnocentrism
b. Relativism d. Imitation

_____6. It is an attempt to judge behavior according to its cultural context.

a. Cultural Indoctrination c. Cultural Relativity

b. Subcultures d. Culture Shock

______7. The following are the four principal ways of cultural adaptation except

a. Ethnocentrism c. Fission
b. Convergence d. Parallelism

_____8. It is an attempt to judge behavior according to its cultural context

a. Cultural Indoctrination c. Cultural Relativity

b. Subcultures d. Culture Shock

_____9.The following statement are the aspects of culture except

a. Shared & Contested c. Cumulative

b. Patterned social interactions d. Transmitted through socialization

_____10. It is called the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.

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 a. Politics c. Physiology
b. Sociology d. Sociological Imagination

_____11. Which of the following statement shows cultural relativism?

a. “Try some deep fried crickets, they’re delicious!” “I’m not used to eat crickets, can
you tell me why you like them?”
b. Frenchmen use forks with their left hands.
c. Thinking that your own culture is better than the other culture.
d. All of the above

____ 12. It refers to a principle that an individual beliefs and activities should be understood
by others.

a. Cultural Variation c. Ethnocentrism

b. Cultural Relativism d. Social Behavior

_____13. It refers to a group of people sharing a common culture within a defined territorial
boundaries.

a. Society c. Culture
b. Politics d. Community

______14. It is called the totality of what man has learned as a member of society.

a. Politics c. Physiology
b. Sociology d. Culture

______15. Which of the following statement shows ethnocentrism?

a. “Try some deep fried crickets, they’re delicious!” “I’m not used to eat
crickets, can you tell me why you like them?”
b. Frenchmen use forks with their left hands.
c. Thinking that your own culture is better than the other culture.
d. Both b and c

Prepared by:

PHAULA BIANCA P. ORBILLO

SHT - II

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