Ethnocentrism and different communication codes are examples of a. unavoidable communication problems b. intercultural communication barriers c. ways to avoid communication barriers d. cultural characteristics

The correct answer is: B: Intercultural communication barriers.

Explanation:

The reason comes from understanding what ethnocentrism is, and also what communication codes are, and are used for. Ethnocentrism is a concept that defines the act of a culture, or group of people, judging another from its preconcieved ideas, customs, traditions, and cultural characteristics. In essence, what happens in ethnocentrism is that a specific group of individuals with a common culture, believe themselves to be on top of all others, and judge everything from that standpoint, almost inferiorizing anything and everything done by someone outside of that superior culture. Included in that judgement falls language, and communication codes, related to ethnocentrism, are born as ways in which communication codes may make communication between different cultures really difficult as the code may be specific to the characteristics of one culture, and leaves out all others. As such, language then becomes more of a barrier, than an aid, in the understanding between people.