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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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'.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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'.






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Becoming aware of something via the senses