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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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 doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements.






10. 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.






11. 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






12. 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.






13. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).






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






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






25. 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.






26. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






39. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






50. 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.







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