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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling - or how they are responding






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






29. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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