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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






2. 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






3. Refers to viewpoints that seek to return to a previous state (the status quo ante) in a society. The term is meant to stand in opposition to and as one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is 'radicalism'.






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






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






9. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis - 1856-1939; Field: psychoanalytic - personality; Contributions: id/ego/superego - reality and pleasure principles - ego ide






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.







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