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ETHNOCENTRISM DEFINITION: 1) The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture. 2) A tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own. Origin. Ethnocentrism = ethno + center + ism Thus, simply when a person keeps his ethnicity at centre, its being ethnocentric. Ethnocentrism: Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language , behavior, customs, and religion . These ethnic distinctions and subdivisions serve to define each ethnicity 's unique cultural identity . Ethnocentrism may be overt or subtle, and while it is considered a natural proclivity of human psychology, it has developed a generally negative connotation. "Ethnocentrism" is a commonly used word in circles where ethnicity, in...

Introduction Social work is a multidisciplinary subject. Social work includes many more subject within it. Social work as an applied science extracts knowledge from other disciplines and subjects and executes it into its field. Though Social Work is not one among the social sciences, it has meaningful relationship with many of these sciences. For example: Psychology is a different subject but it is related & can be linked with social work. It is not exclusively related to any of the social sciences such as sociology, economics, history, philosophy, political science or psychology. With each of these, social work maintains cordinal relations but its function is something other than that of any one of them. At the same time, all of these social sciences contribute to the enrichment of this profession. Prof. Friedlander points out, “ Social work has drawn its knowledge and insights from political science, psychology, sociology, economics, medicine, psychiatry, anthropolog...