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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II
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1. Are rules that are designed to govern the behavior of the members. Are intended to integrate the actions of the group members. Are to reflect the appropriate behavior - attitudes - and perceptions of the the members. 'Conformity and compliance are tw
Pluralism
Classical Conditioning
Values
Group Norms
2. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Socialization
Utopias
Sterotypes
Negative Reinforcement
3. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Pluralistic Ignorance
Role
Norms
4. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis - 1856-1939; Field: psychoanalytic - personality; Contributions: id/ego/superego - reality and pleasure principles - ego ide
Sigmund Freud
Norms
Punishment
Group
5. The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth - prestige - education and power.
Social mobility
Negative Reinforcement
Dominant Cultures
Positive Sanctions
6. Increasing the strength of a given response by removing or preventing a painful stimulus when the response occurs. This technique is used to increase the frequency of behavior.
Utopias
Habituation
Identity Formation
Negative Reinforcement
7. The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth - prestige - education and power.
Social mobility
Serial-Position Effect
Carl Jung
Jean Piaget
8. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Perception
Folkways
Prosocial Behavior
Ivan Pavlov
9. Refers to viewpoints that seek to return to a previous state (the status quo ante) in a society. The term is meant to stand in opposition to and as one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is 'radicalism'.
Reactionary Groups
Values
Split Brain
Conformity
10. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Utopias
Erik Erickson
Reactionary Groups
Major Depressive Disorder
11. Psychological perspective that focuses on mental processes: how people perceive and mentally represent the world around them and solve-problems.
Humanistic Psychology
Cultural Anthroplogy
Cognitive Theory
Pluralistic Ignorance
12. Is experienced when an individual experiences conflict between the beliefs - values and expectations of their primary culture and a new culture in which they must function.
Primary Groups
Utopias
Culture Clash
Cultural Anthroplogy
13. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
Dominant Cultures
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Latent Learning
Pluralistic Ignorance
14. Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members - shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
Erik Erickson
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Transference
Norms
15. Reformers founded these ideal communities to realize their spiritual and moral potential and to escape from competition - communities designed to create perfect societies.
Utopias
Group
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Punishment
16. 1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation
Identity crisis
Norms
Carl Jung
Utopias
17. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Cultural Diffusion
Multicultural diversity
B.F. Skinner
Primary Groups
18. A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling - or how they are responding
Socialization
Pluralistic Ignorance
Deviance
Institutions
19. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.
Institutions
Networks
Behavioral Psychology
Erik Erickson
20. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.
Ideals
Laws
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Classical Conditioning
21. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
Sigmund Freud
Abnormal Psychology
Major Depressive Disorder
Identity crisis
22. Erikson; stage of adolescence where teens are to develop a stable sense of self necessary to make the transition from dependence on other to dependence on oneself
Sensitive Development Period
Mores
Group
Identity Formation
23. The lifelong process by which people learn their culture and develop a sense of self.
Primary Groups
Utopias
Serial-Position Effect
Socialization
24. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Institutions
Behavioral Psychology
Split Brain
Primary Groups
25. A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
Enculturation
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Sterotypes
Primary Groups
26. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis - 1856-1939; Field: psychoanalytic - personality; Contributions: id/ego/superego - reality and pleasure principles - ego ide
Utopias
Sigmund Freud
Pluralism
Mores
27. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Prejudice
Schizophrenia
Cultural Diffusion
Humanistic Psychology
28. Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth
Humanistic Psychology
Values
Primary Groups
Pluralistic Ignorance
29. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Social Solidarity
Ivan Pavlov
Negative Sanctions
Cultural Relativity
30. Mental processes associated with people's perceptions of - and reactions to - other people.
Negative Sanctions
Social Cognition
Social mobility
Identity crisis
31. The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group - norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.
Latent Learning
Primary Groups
Mores
Correlational Research
32. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.
Group Norms
Perception
Values
Folkways
33. A mood disorder in which a person - for no apparent reason - experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods - feelings of worthlessness - and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities (Most common psychologoical disorder in the United Stat
Major Depressive Disorder
Ascribed Status
Values
Sterotypes
34. Reformers founded these ideal communities to realize their spiritual and moral potential and to escape from competition - communities designed to create perfect societies.
Correlational Research
Mores
Utopias
Antropology
35. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Conformity
Erik Erickson
Reactionary Groups
Cognitive Theory
36. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms
Cultural Diffusion
Social mobility
Deviance
Conformity
37. Social groups - such as family or friends - composed of intimate face-to-face relationships that strongly influence the attitudes and ideals of those involved - groups that provide members with a sense of belonging and affection.
Primary Groups
Reactionary Groups
Sterotypes
Group
38. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
Reactionary Groups
Values
Negative Sanctions
Utopias
39. 1875-1961; Field: neo-Freudian - analytic psychology; Contributions: people had conscious and unconscious awareness; archetypes; collective unconscious; libido is all types of energy - not just sexual; Studies: dream studies/interpretation
Carl Jung
Enculturation
Abnormal Psychology
Conflict
40. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Pluralism
Behavioral Psychology
Correlational Research
Social Stratification
41. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms
Physical Anthroplogy
Schizophrenia
Conformity
Identity Formation
42. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms
Biases
Folkways
Identity crisis
Physical Anthroplogy
43. The state of having shared beliefs and values among members of a social group - along with intense and frequent interaction among group members.
Cognitive Theory
Schizophrenia
Antropology
Social Solidarity
44. Specific ideas that people hold to be true
Archaeology
Conflict
Beliefs
Punishment
45. Positive - constructive - helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior
Split Brain
B.F. Skinner
Prosocial Behavior
Networks
46. A term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus - refers to the finding that recall accuracy varies as a function of an item's position within a study list. When asked to recall a list of items in any order (free recall) - people tend to begin recall with the en
Serial-Position Effect
Conflict
Major Depressive Disorder
Humanistic Psychology
47. The recognition that all cultures develop their own ways of dealing with the specific demands of their environments - the need to consider the unique characteristics of the culture in which behavior takes place.
Habituation
Enculturation
Multicultural diversity
Cultural Relativity
48. A mood disorder in which a person - for no apparent reason - experiences two or more weeks of depressed moods - feelings of worthlessness - and diminishes interest or pleasure in most activities (Most common psychologoical disorder in the United Stat
Latent Learning
Mores
Major Depressive Disorder
Ascribed Status
49. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.
Role
Conformity
Culture Clash
Archaeology
50. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
Serial-Position Effect
Negative Sanctions
Conflict
Deviance
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