1. Think about your own dominant culture. What does it mean to be a member of your national culture?

2. What are the established language, religion, behavior, values, rituals, and social customs within your society?

3. Make a list of five co-cultural groups that you currently belong to. How does each of these different co-cultural groups influence who you are as a person?

4. Think about a group that you currently belong to and consider the collective self-esteem you have for that group. How do you view this group in all four types of esteem: private collective, membership, public collective, and importance to identity?

5. Think about ethnocentrism in your own life. When do you think ethnocentrism helps you have collective self-esteem, and when do you think it leads to prejudice?

6. Think about a co-cultural group that you belong to. Think through Geert Hofstede's six categories (Power Distance, Individualism vs. Collectivism, Masculinity vs. Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long-Term vs. Short-Term, and Indulgence vs. Restraint) used to evaluate differing cultures and apply Hofstede's ideas to your co-culture. Does your co-culture differ from the dominant culture?

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