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A sociologist from the United States receives a grant to study racial and religious prejudice among the peoples of Southeast Asia. The sociologist makes a serious and unbiased effort to evaluate the norms, values, and customs of these groups in light of the distinctive cultures of which they are a part. This is an example of:___________

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The correct answer is cultural relativism

Cultural relativism is a perspective of anthropology that sees different cultures free of ethnocentrism, which is to say without judging the other from their own vision and experience.

The perspective of cultural relativism is a construction of Anthropology, idealized by names like Franz Boas, and also used in Sociology.

As a scientific concept, cultural relativism presupposes that the researcher has a neutral view of the set of habits, beliefs and behaviors that at first seem strange to him, resulting in cultural shock.

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