Naomi returns from a vacation in France and announces that French people are unfriendly and aloof because they won't strike up conversations with her on the subways as is often done in the U.S. What mindset is Naomi using in evaluating the French behavior?

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Naomi is using ethnocentrism, which is the belief that one's own culture is superior to others and that behavior and customs in other cultures are wrong or strange. She is comparing French behavior to what is done in the U.S. and evaluating it negatively because it is different from what she is used to.

Naomi Returns from a Vacation in France and Announces That