PSYC 365 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Squaw, Worker Bee, Chicana Feminism

• School: Xavier University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 365
• Professor: Jebens

Document Summary

White is also an acceptable term: similarities and differences, simultaneous oppression and strength, intersectionality (considering multiple categories of group membership; in this case, gender and ethnicity) Most psychological studies focus on white, middle class, american populations. 3% of the population (9 million people) = biracial/multiracial. Behaviors/experiences of people of color = interpreted as being deficient. Ethnocentrism = the tendency to regard one"s own ethnic group as superior to others and to believe its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged. Eurocentrism = the tendency to view the world from a euro-american point of view and to evaluate other ethnic groups in reference to euro-americans. Interbreeding was not only common, but encouraged around the world. Ethnic group = a group of people who share a common culture and language. Erroneous overgeneralization infers knowledge about all-white sample to all people.