Scenario D: Nicola has been sent to Urlandia for a one-month project.While at work,Nicola's Urlandian co-workers talk about getting their nails done and how they went dancing over the weekend,which Nicola disapproved of.To Nicola,their behavior seemed inappropriate and wrong.She also found it difficult to adapt to the new environment and to eat with a spoon and knife at lunch,which was customary in Urlandia,rather than with the spear-like utensils of her home country.
-Nicola is exhibiting ________ by expressing her disapproval of her Urlandian co-workers' conversations.

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Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own culture or way of life is superior to others. Nicola's disapproval of her Urlandian co-workers' conversations suggests that she is judging them based on her own cultural standards and beliefs. Her difficulty in adapting to the new environment and customs also indicates a lack of cultural relativism, which is the ability to understand and appreciate different cultural practices without judging them as good or bad.

Scenario D: Nicola Has Been Sent to Urlandia for a One-Month