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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige






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






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






14. Scientific study of humankind in all its aspects - especially human evolution - development - and culture - Studying the orgins and development of people and their society.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






21. 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






22. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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