Sociology 2143E Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Monogenism, Ethnic Group, Polygenism
25 Jun 2016
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Chapter 1: the concepts of ethnicity and race . Him, his wife, and son, killed their 3 teenage daughters because they offended their honor". Teechers and social workers knew about the struggles they faced with their father but because they were not educated on cultural differences they did nothing to prevent it. Term ethnicity" comes from the base greek word ethnos which means people. The idea that humans evolved from different groups independently of eachother. The idea that humans evolved from a single human group. Collective consciousness: similarities among members or sameness within the social group lead members to differentiate between themselves and others and to prefer their. Definition of ethnic groups: similar to herodotus, common descent, tribe, culture, religion, and nationality are important determinants of ethnicity. Defined as a set of dynamic social processes and practices, it is a collective response of socially constituted individuals to their ever-changing external conditions.
