COUN226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vertically Transmitted Infection, Clear-Channel Station, Color Blindness
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Ancestry (cid:858)fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t o(cid:396) li(cid:374)eage; des(cid:272)e(cid:374)ded f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) people. (cid:859) Dna studies suggest all humans descended from a group of african ancestors. Ethnicity: sense of identity that stems from common ancestry, history, nationality, religion, and race. Ethnic minority group: group of people who have been singled out for differential and unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination. Culture consists not of things and events that we can observe, count and measure, it. An individuals cultural identity and language are important aspects of their. Personal, emotional and social development as well as to the patterns of behaviour. Culture is comprised of shared ideas, ideologies and meanings (as a learned accumulation of life experiences) as opposed to some thing or event that is merely observed or taught within the structure of a formal education system. People learn about norms and beliefs using various forms of cultural transmission.