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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






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






5. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






6. 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






7. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






8. 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.






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






10. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






11. 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.






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






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






14. Becoming aware of something via the senses






15. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






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






19. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






20. 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.






21. Distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society.






22. 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.






23. Acting according to certain accepted standards - adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. Acting according to certain accepted standards - adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.






29. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Groups marked by impersonal - instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end). - groups that meet principally to solve problems






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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