Because research in the United States has demonstrated that adolescents are not very respectful to the elderly, Sara concludes that all adolescents everywhere in the world are disrespectful to the elderly. This is an example of ________.

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Sara is making a generalization about all adolescents based on research conducted in the United States, assuming that behaviors observed in one culture apply universally. This reflects ethnocentrism, where one's own culture is used as the standard to evaluate other cultures, leading to a biased perspective.

Because Research in the United States Has Demonstrated That Adolescents