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Discussion Questions
Chapter 5: The Perceptual Context
1. What are your initial impressions when you think about people from different cultures?
2. When you meet someone from a different culture, what do you remember about him/her?
3. Although difficult to admit, what are some of the stereotypes you hold about people from other
cultures?
4. What are some of the stereotypes others hold about you and your cultural group?
5. Go back to Chapter One and review your score on the GENE scale. Are you ethnocentric? Why
or why not?
6. What some of the ethnocentric attitudes and feelings you hold?
7. A bunch of football players are enrolled in one of your classes. What do you think of them?
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Below are some situations for your students to consider that take into account concepts from Chapter
Five.
1. You are having a party at your dorm/apartment tonight. What groups of people will you not invite
because of the stereotypes you hold of these groups? Be honest.
2. The author of this book was once at a restaurant in France and asked the waiter how an item on the
menu was prepared. The waiter responded in a gruff tone “Well, you’re an American, you know
everything, how would you like it prepared?” How would you explain the waiter’s response?
3. At a local gas station/convenience store a sign on the door reads: “No more than four students
allowed in at any time.” Why might the store owner have displayed this sign?
