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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.






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






10. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






11. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






13. The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth - prestige - education and power.






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






15. Values - customs - and language established by the group or groups that traditionally have controlled politics and government in a society.






16. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.






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






18. A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.






19. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






20. 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.






21. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






22. Reformers founded these ideal communities to realize their spiritual and moral potential and to escape from competition - communities designed to create perfect societies.






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






24. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






26. 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.






27. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation - an opinion or strong feeling formed without careful thought or regard to the facts.






28. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






29. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige






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






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






32. 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






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






34. The rules and procedures that provide incentives for political behavior - thereby shaping politics - organizations or activities that are self-perpetuating and valued for their own sake.






35. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.






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






37. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others






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






39. 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.






40. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).






41. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






42. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others






43. The lifelong process by which people learn their culture and develop a sense of self.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms






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







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