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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. The state of having shared beliefs and values among members of a social group - along with intense and frequent interaction among group members.






2. Acting according to certain accepted standards - adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.






3. 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.






4. Groups marked by impersonal - instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end). - groups that meet principally to solve problems






5. Positive - constructive - helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior






6. Becoming aware of something via the senses






7. Distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society.






8. Mental processes associated with people's perceptions of - and reactions to - other people.






9. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.






10. 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






11. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).






12. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.






13. An event that decreases the behavior that it follows.






14. 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






15. The state of having shared beliefs and values among members of a social group - along with intense and frequent interaction among group members.






16. Critical Period in development is a period of time which an organism typically needs to be exposed to a particular stimulus in order for proper development to occur.






17. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.






18. A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions - decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.






19. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.






20. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)






21. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






22. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).






23. Is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true - by the very terms of the prophecy itself - due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.






24. An inclination for or against a person - place - idea or thing that inhibits impartial judgment. - a prejudice towards one particular point of view or ideology.






25. Social disapproval for violating a norm - a punishment or threat of a punishment to promote conformity to norms.






26. The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements.






27. 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






28. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.






29. The process by which a society's culture is transmitted from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.






30. 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






31. Social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life






32. Scientific study of humankind in all its aspects - especially human evolution - development - and culture - Studying the orgins and development of people and their society.






33. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.






34. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.






35. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.






36. Pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. He is famous for use of his operant conditioning aparatus which he used to study schedules of reinforcement on pidgeons a






37. One of two components - together with agricultural surplus - which enables the formation of cities; the differentiation of society into classes based on wealth - power - production - and prestige






38. Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth






39. Psychological perspective that focuses on mental processes: how people perceive and mentally represent the world around them and solve-problems.






40. The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group - norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.






41. Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth






42. Becoming aware of something via the senses






43. A research strategy that identifies the relationships between two or more variables in order to describe how these variables change together. One advantage is that it helps psychologists make predictions.






44. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.






45. 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






46. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.






47. An inclination for or against a person - place - idea or thing that inhibits impartial judgment. - a prejudice towards one particular point of view or ideology.






48. It is the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a meaningful scientific concept.






49. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.






50. 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.