Kent, an American who lives in Texas, is excited to visit the Czech Republic, because he is a firearms enthusiast, and he read that the country broadly permits its citizens to own and carry firearms in public. While in Prague, Kent starts talking with a local citizen, and is disappointed to learn that almost no one in the Czech Republic actually carries a firearm in public, and gun ownership is nowhere near the level it is in Texas. What barrier to intercultural communication competence best explains Kent$$s disappointment?

Stereotyping

Assumed similarity or difference

Ethnocentrism

Anxiety