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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






21. Social groups - such as family or friends - composed of intimate face-to-face relationships that strongly influence the attitudes and ideals of those involved - groups that provide members with a sense of belonging and affection.






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






23. 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.






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






25. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






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. 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'.






29. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






49. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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