Evaluating another culture using that culture's standards is known as what?

• A. Internal Locus of Control
• B. Cultural Relativism
• C. Anomie
• D. Organization

Answer: (B)

Cultural relativism is the idea that evaluating another culture using that culture’s own standards means interpreting its beliefs, practices, and values in their native context rather than applying your own cultural norms. This approach helps you understand why certain customs exist and why they make sense within a given society, rather than labeling them as right or wrong from an outside perspective. For example, practices surrounding dietary rules or social rituals are best understood by looking at the meanings and rules within that culture, not by imposing someone else’s standards. This contrasts with familiar concepts like internal locus of control (belief about personal control over outcomes) and anomie (a breakdown of social norms), which don’t describe the cross-cultural judgment process. Organization is just a general term and does not pertain to evaluating cultures.