HSS 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Collectivism, Ethnocentrism
28 Feb 2018
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Hss2102 chapter 3 adapting to canada"s changing faces. Learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms which affect the behaviors of a large group of people. Ethnocentrism: a belief that your culture is superior to others. Stereotyping: generalizations that oversimplify a person"s characteristics. Prejudice: attitudes about an individual or cultural group based on little or no direct experience with that person or group. Discrimination: how we act out and express prejudice. Racism: all of the above but to a specific race. Definition: viewed in social and genetic contexts, race is a neutral human characteristic. Why do scientists claim there is no such thing as race: 99. 9 percent of dna sequences are common to all humans. Regardless of our culture, we share similar behaviors with most people: cry when sad, laugh when happy, kill when mad etc. Canadian aboriginal people are described as lazy and loud. These beliefs are examples of: ethnocentrism, stereotyping, discrimination, racism.
