Culture

This week in sociology, we were introduced to culture. After playing a card game in class, we were introduced to three new terms called culture shock, ethnocentrism, and culture relativity. Culture shock is when someone is kind of taken back by the fact that other cultures do things differently and it's hard for them to adjust. Ethnocentrism is when a person is very centered on their own culture. Culture relativity is when a person respects other cultures. It was interesting to read the article about the lady from Denmark who left her child outside while she ate at a restaurant in New York City. It was surprising to me that a person would do that, but to her it is just a normal everyday thing, so it was cool to see how other culture does things that I would consider completely weird.