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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Abandoning normal restraints to the power of the group - doing together what we would not do alone






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






21. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






34. 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






35. A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling - or how they are responding






36. 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.






37. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Becoming aware of something via the senses






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






48. 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






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






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