Race Key Words Flashcards
Negative eugenics
Discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits
Eugenics
The study or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population
Positive eugenics
Encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits
Racism
The belief that all member of each race possess characteristics abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races
Genetics
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics
Physiology
The way in which a living organism or bodily part functions
Pseudoscience
A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method
Biological race
A population within a species that is distinct in some way, especially a subspecies
Race
Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics
Genes
A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system
Homogeneous
Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind
Porous
Not completely sealed, with holes
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time
Classification
The arrangement of animals and plants in a taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities
