PSY 3123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Nuclear Family, Modern Immigration To The United Kingdom, Social Capital

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

Race > physical differences between groups of people. Not enough genetic difference between people of different races to justify placing them in separate groups. Reality is that there"s just one human race. There is a greater variation within racial groups than between them. Ethnicity > a group of people who share a common cultural heritage. In rst census of 1871, canadians asked questions about age, sex, religion, and race. In 1891, no question of race on census. In 1901 to 1941, race question reappeared. Race question eventually dropped and canadian were instead asked to identify their ethnic origin. Factors that make collecting and interpreting data on ethnicity complicated: Concept of ethnicity is uid and dif cult to de ne. Respondents" understanding/views about their ethnicity, awareness of their family background, number of generations in canada, and social context at time of census can affect reporting of ethnicity from one census to another.