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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






2. 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.






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






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. Groups that share in some parts of the dominant culture but have their own distinctive values - norms - language - and/or material culture.






6. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






7. 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.






8. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups - belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






21. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) - a principle or a way of behaving that is of a very high standard.






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.






46. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






47. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






50. 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