<Li> One's own culture is experienced as the most "evolved" or best way to live . This position is characterized by dualistic us / them thinking and frequently accompanied by overt negative stereotyping . They will openly belittle the differences among their culture and another, denigrating race, gender or any other indicator of difference . People at this position are more openly threatened by cultural difference and more likely to be acting aggressively against it . A variation at this position is seen in reversal where one's own culture is devalued and another culture is romanticized as superior . </Li> <Li> Minimization of Difference <Ul> <Li> The experience of similarity outweighs the experience of difference . People recognize superficial cultural differences in food, customs, etc.,. but they emphasize human similarity in physical structure, psychological needs, and / or assumed adherence to universal values . People at this position are likely to assume that they are no longer ethnocentric, and they tend to overestimate their tolerance while underestimating the effect (e.g. "privilege") of their own culture . In other words, as explained by the Canadian Center for Intercultural Learning, "people who adopt this point of view generally approach intercultural situations with the assurance that a simple awareness of the fundamental patterns of human interaction will be sufficient to assure the success of the communication . Such a viewpoint is ethnocentric because it presupposes that the fundamental categories of behavior are absolute and that these categories are in fact our own ." </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> The experience of similarity outweighs the experience of difference . People recognize superficial cultural differences in food, customs, etc.,. but they emphasize human similarity in physical structure, psychological needs, and / or assumed adherence to universal values . People at this position are likely to assume that they are no longer ethnocentric, and they tend to overestimate their tolerance while underestimating the effect (e.g. "privilege") of their own culture . In other words, as explained by the Canadian Center for Intercultural Learning, "people who adopt this point of view generally approach intercultural situations with the assurance that a simple awareness of the fundamental patterns of human interaction will be sufficient to assure the success of the communication . Such a viewpoint is ethnocentric because it presupposes that the fundamental categories of behavior are absolute and that these categories are in fact our own ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> The experience of similarity outweighs the experience of difference . People recognize superficial cultural differences in food, customs, etc.,. but they emphasize human similarity in physical structure, psychological needs, and / or assumed adherence to universal values . People at this position are likely to assume that they are no longer ethnocentric, and they tend to overestimate their tolerance while underestimating the effect (e.g. "privilege") of their own culture . In other words, as explained by the Canadian Center for Intercultural Learning, "people who adopt this point of view generally approach intercultural situations with the assurance that a simple awareness of the fundamental patterns of human interaction will be sufficient to assure the success of the communication . Such a viewpoint is ethnocentric because it presupposes that the fundamental categories of behavior are absolute and that these categories are in fact our own ." </Li>

What are the development model of intercultural sensitivity