PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Dark Skin, Categorical Perception, Elisabetta Canalis
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Depending on how you think about race, there are many ways to think about it (i. e. princess of sweden, skin closer to elisabetta canalis, finger print closer to. Japanese lady, malaria resistance closer to other race, etc. ) Refers to people living at food of caucasus mountains. Most beautiful = original humans, birthplace of humanity (considered most pure) Divided into 5 different groups (based on beauty) Linnaeus 1758, 4-group division: caucasian, american, asian, malay (blumenbach added this 5th group to the original group, african. Latter 4 groups degenerations of original caucasians: result of adaptation to climates (i. e. asian eyes = snow blindness, customs/artistic practices (e. g. skull-binding), could become hereditary, changes could be reserved (over generations) by moving back. Not racist: believed groups to be equal in value, abolish slavery. Black slaves > white masters (morally: hierarchy based primarily on beauty. 94% or more of dna is identical across racial groups. Greater variation within groups rather than across racial groups.
