PSY 3123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: New Culture Movement, Structural Functionalism, Acculturation

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

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Racial and ethnic differences: race refers to physical differences between groups of people. The most common feature used to differentiate individuals is skin colour. However, there is not enough genetic difference between people of different races to justify placing them into separate groups. Ethnicity is a term used to describe a group of people who share a common cultural heritage. The canadian census: collecting data on ethnicity and interpreting the results is complicated and challenging due to a number of factors: concept of race and ethnicity is fluid, combines, and always changing as society progresses. 3: changes in the census itself and the questions can make it hard to evaluate longitudinal data. The degree to which an individual identifies with their ancestors can influence responses. Visible minority: a person (other than aboriginal) who is non-caucasian or non-white in colour. The aboriginal population is currently divided into four groups: (1) north american first nations registered under the.