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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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1. 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.






2. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






3. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.






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






5. 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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. A condition in which the two hemispheres of the brain are isolated by cutting the connecting fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) between them. Research states that the left hemisphere is responsible for spoken language.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






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






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






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






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






26. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






29. 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.






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. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit






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






44. 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.






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






46. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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. 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.






49. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).






50. 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.







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