PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Language Proficiency, Homesickness, Canadian Indian Residential School System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

First human settlements in the americas can be traced back to 50,000 years ago. First nations settlements date back to 500 bce. The arrival of christian missionaries in the 1600s. Odds of dying for children in indian residential schools 1 in 25. Odds of dying for canadians serving in wwii 1 in 26. Value enterprise, aggression and responsibility for the weaker or less civilized. Religion may not be as important when you dictate your day to day decisions. Culture: thoughts, values, attitudes, traditions, language, the way we choose to dress, or eat that may differ; culture can be university culture; team. Ethnicity- term used to specify a group of people who share a common cultural heritage. Race- a system of classifying people based on physical characteristics. Immigrants vs. refugees: newcomers to a country immigrants willing, economic opportunity, reunite with family, education; refugees may not be willingly but may due to war or genocide, flooding etc.