UCSP

Ethnocentrism,
Xenocentrism, Cultural
Relativism
MODULE 2
 ETHNOCENTRISM
Ethnocentrism is the idea that one’s own culture
is above or superior to others
Ethnocentrism is failing or refusing to see the
world and its aspects from a wider or
encompassing perspective.
"BELIEFS THAT ONE'S OWN CULTURE OR NATION
IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. "
 XENOCENTRISM
In psychological terms, xenocentrism is considered a type of deviant
behavior because it sways from the norms of society.
It is unexpected action in which an individual would value another
nation's goods, services, styles, ideas, and other cultural elements.

"THE BELIEF THAT FOREIGN CULTURE IS SUPERIOR TO THEIR OWN"

CULTURE IS SUPERIOR THUS TO THEIR VALUES, GOODS, THE STYLE,

IDEAS, AND TRADITIONS.
 CULTURAL
RELATIVISM
CULTURAL RELATIVISM IS THE IDEA
THAT ALL NORMS, BELIEFS, AND
VALUES ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR
CULTURAL CONTEXT, AND SHOULD BE
TREATED AS SUCH.
FRANZ BOAS (1887)
How Cultural Relativism Mitigates
Ethnocentrism?
The Family Today
One common Filipino core value is family-orientedness. The anak-
magulang complex and the kamag-anak relationship are very
important to Filipinos. It is expected to us to treasure filial
attachment not only to our immediate family but also to our
extended family.
 Problems faced by the
future of Family

Declining marriage rate and

increasing rate of cohabitation
Increasing annulment rate
Increasing number of cases of
domestic violence
 1. A married couple without children
2. A married couple with one or more unmarried
children
3. A father with one or more unmarried children or
The United Nations (UN) uses the term 4. A mother with one or more unmarried children
nucleus family: a family nucleus is of one
of the following types (each of which
must consist of persons living in the
same household)
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels, who wrote “The origin of the family” is right to argue that
families do evolve in relation to the material and economic conditions of the
societies. Families have never been static all throughout human evolution.

The family as a basic unit of the society performs

several important functions or roles for society:

1. For biological reproduction

2. Primary agent of socialization of children
3. As the institution for economic cooperation through division and labor
4. To care and nurture children to become responsible adults
 The Philippine Family Code,
therefore, excludes same-sex marriage
and polygamous unions. Whether one
provides a normal definition of the
family or a normative model, one
must accept the fact that families do
change.
FACT CHECK!
Illegitimate child - entitled to receive support from his/her
biological father provided that it is recognized by the father as
his own.
Cohabitants – couples who share a common residence with a
child, just like a nuclear family, but without the benefit of
marriage.
neolocal residence – couples have the freedom and option to
live separately and independently of their respective families.
Patrilocality – A married couple moves to the husband’s
father’s community so that the children will grow up in their
father’s village.
Kinship -refers to the culturally defined relationships
between individuals who are commonly thought of as
having family ties.
Consanguinity - "blood relation" is the property of
being from the same kinship as another person.
Endogamy – the practice of marrying within a specific
ethnic group, class, or social group.
Godparent - one who stands surety for another in the rite
of baptism.
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marriage, and etc.
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