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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II
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1. 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.
Serial-Position Effect
Sensitive Development Period
Split Brain
Perception
2. 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.
Humanistic Psychology
Culture Clash
Social mobility
Cultural Diffusion
3. 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
Serial-Position Effect
Conformity
Role
Carl Jung
4. The state of having shared beliefs and values among members of a social group - along with intense and frequent interaction among group members.
Antropology
Sensitive Development Period
Social Solidarity
Mores
5. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.
Positive Sanctions
Sigmund Freud
Identity crisis
Archaeology
6. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms
Socialization
Pluralism
Physical Anthroplogy
Paranoid Personality Disorder
7. 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.
Ascribed Status
Prosocial Behavior
Pluralistic Ignorance
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
8. 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
Deindividualism
Major Depressive Disorder
Social Stratification
Habituation
9. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige
Status
Social Stratification
Erik Erickson
Behavioral Psychology
10. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others
Perception
Correlational Research
Biases
Paranoid Personality Disorder
11. The process by which a society's culture is transmitted from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.
Sigmund Freud
Enculturation
Group Norms
Conformity
12. 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.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Transference
Pluralism
Institutions
13. Reformers founded these ideal communities to realize their spiritual and moral potential and to escape from competition - communities designed to create perfect societies.
Utopias
Prejudice
Prejudice
Serial-Position Effect
14. 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.
Biases
Ideals
Identity crisis
Dissociative Identity Disorder
15. Becoming aware of something via the senses
Punishment
Perception
Norms
Paranoid Personality Disorder
16. The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth - prestige - education and power.
Norms
Status
Deindividualism
Social mobility
17. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms
Perception
Deviance
Sensitive Development Period
Physical Anthroplogy
18. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Institutions
Sterotypes
Institutions
Identity crisis
19. 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.
Social Solidarity
Utopias
Beliefs
Ethnocentrism
20. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.
Networks
Transference
Social Stratification
Positive Sanctions
21. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Networks
Ethnocentrism
Multicultural diversity
Ascribed Status
22. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
Erik Erickson
B.F. Skinner
Habituation
Conflict
23. 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
Transference
Group Norms
Beliefs
Classical Conditioning
24. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
Negative Sanctions
Latent Learning
Conformity
Social Stratification
25. 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.
Sigmund Freud
Ascribed Status
Split Brain
Major Depressive Disorder
26. The lifelong process by which people learn their culture and develop a sense of self.
Carl Jung
Socialization
Carl Jung
Abnormal Psychology
27. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige
Institutions
Subcultures
Pluralistic Ignorance
Status
28. 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.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Primary Groups
Social Solidarity
Institutions
29. 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.
Culture Clash
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Transference
Reactionary Groups
30. 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.
Utopias
Cultural Relativity
Perception
Physical Anthroplogy
31. 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.
Ideals
Status
Humanistic Psychology
Biases
32. Acting according to certain accepted standards - adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.
Conformity
Institutions
Socialization
Carl Jung
33. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).
Group Norms
Antropology
Transference
Ivan Pavlov
34. A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions - decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Role
Archaeology
Habituation
Social Solidarity
35. 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
Socialization
Ideals
Social Stratification
Beliefs
36. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Cultural Diffusion
Beliefs
Conflict
Conformity
37. It is the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a meaningful scientific concept.
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Role
Cultural Anthroplogy
38. Psychological perspective that focuses on mental processes: how people perceive and mentally represent the world around them and solve-problems.
Negative Reinforcement
Mores
Cognitive Theory
Role
39. 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'.
Positive Sanctions
B.F. Skinner
Dominant Cultures
Reactionary Groups
40. Social disapproval for violating a norm - a punishment or threat of a punishment to promote conformity to norms.
Transference
Social Cognition
Jean Piaget
Negative Sanctions
41. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Group
Jean Piaget
Behavioral Psychology
Schizophrenia
42. Groups that share in some parts of the dominant culture but have their own distinctive values - norms - language - and/or material culture.
Antropology
Negative Sanctions
Schizophrenia
Subcultures
43. 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.
Prejudice
Social Cognition
Behavioral Psychology
Correlational Research
44. Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Utopias
Negative Sanctions
Group
Abnormal Psychology
45. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.
Cognitive Theory
Classical Conditioning
Conformity
Laws
46. 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
Physical Anthroplogy
B.F. Skinner
Biases
Antropology
47. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).
Abnormal Psychology
Transference
Latent Learning
Status
48. Values - customs - and language established by the group or groups that traditionally have controlled politics and government in a society.
Prosocial Behavior
Carl Jung
Dominant Cultures
Serial-Position Effect
49. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Erik Erickson
Ascribed Status
Pluralism
Negative Reinforcement
50. Social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life
Sterotypes
Ascribed Status
Secondary Groups
Primary Groups