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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II
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1. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
Identity Formation
Values
Enculturation
Serial-Position Effect
2. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Folkways
Behavioral Psychology
Social Stratification
Cultural Anthroplogy
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.
Ascribed Status
Role
Biases
Ivan Pavlov
4. Groups marked by impersonal - instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end). - groups that meet principally to solve problems
Institutions
Social Solidarity
Latent Learning
Secondary Groups
5. 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
Group Norms
Dominant Cultures
Cultural Anthroplogy
Perception
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.
Culture Clash
Identity crisis
Cultural Relativity
Biases
7. Mental processes associated with people's perceptions of - and reactions to - other people.
Split Brain
Social Cognition
Identity crisis
Negative Reinforcement
8. 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.
Behavioral Psychology
Ascribed Status
Biases
Erik Erickson
9. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations
Jean Piaget
Pluralism
Identity crisis
Carl Jung
10. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Dominant Cultures
Conformity
Multicultural diversity
Abnormal Psychology
11. 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.
Cognitive Theory
Utopias
Institutions
Secondary Groups
12. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Negative Reinforcement
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Erik Erickson
Antropology
13. 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
Social Stratification
Habituation
Sensitive Development Period
Negative Sanctions
14. 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.
Culture Clash
Social Stratification
Perception
Identity crisis
15. 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.
Behavioral Psychology
Negative Reinforcement
Ivan Pavlov
Correlational Research
16. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Erik Erickson
Deviance
Antropology
Sigmund Freud
17. Groups marked by impersonal - instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end). - groups that meet principally to solve problems
Secondary Groups
Cultural Anthroplogy
Ethnocentrism
Paranoid Personality Disorder
18. 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'.
Norms
Reactionary Groups
Negative Sanctions
Prejudice
19. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.
Cultural Relativity
Archaeology
Enculturation
Correlational Research
20. 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
Serial-Position Effect
Latent Learning
Sigmund Freud
Secondary Groups
21. 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.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Ivan Pavlov
Ascribed Status
Jean Piaget
22. 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'.
Reactionary Groups
Abnormal Psychology
Cognitive Theory
Culture Clash
23. The process by which a society's culture is transmitted from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.
Ethnocentrism
Enculturation
Pluralism
Primary Groups
24. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
Primary Groups
Conflict
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Status
25. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Multicultural diversity
Erik Erickson
Ascribed Status
Correlational Research
26. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.
Cultural Relativity
Physical Anthroplogy
Folkways
Split Brain
27. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.
Ascribed Status
Social Stratification
Folkways
Cognitive Theory
28. 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.
Socialization
Prejudice
Secondary Groups
Carl Jung
29. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.
Positive Sanctions
Ideals
Humanistic Psychology
Culture Clash
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
Values
Socialization
Social Stratification
Identity Formation
31. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms
Laws
Culture Clash
Deviance
Prejudice
32. Distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society.
Carl Jung
Social Solidarity
Identity crisis
Schizophrenia
33. 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
Social Stratification
Jean Piaget
Serial-Position Effect
Carl Jung
34. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Reactionary Groups
Humanistic Psychology
Antropology
Sterotypes
35. 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
Major Depressive Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Perception
Group Norms
36. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.
Institutions
Archaeology
Utopias
Correlational Research
37. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Serial-Position Effect
Dominant Cultures
Negative Reinforcement
Ivan Pavlov
38. The lifelong process by which people learn their culture and develop a sense of self.
Socialization
Social Stratification
Deviance
Sensitive Development Period
39. Abandoning normal restraints to the power of the group - doing together what we would not do alone
Negative Sanctions
Deindividualism
Folkways
Social Stratification
40. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Classical Conditioning
Deviance
Social Cognition
Cultural Diffusion
41. 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.
Humanistic Psychology
Ideals
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Schizophrenia
42. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.
Laws
Dominant Cultures
Cultural Diffusion
Deviance
43. Social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life
Ascribed Status
Enculturation
Pluralism
Identity Formation
44. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others
Prosocial Behavior
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Networks
Deindividualism
45. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
Abnormal Psychology
Deviance
Conflict
Ethnocentrism
46. 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
Social Cognition
Role
Norms
Prosocial Behavior
47. Positive - constructive - helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior
Prosocial Behavior
Classical Conditioning
Biases
Pluralism
48. 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
Cultural Diffusion
Values
Ivan Pavlov
Sigmund Freud
49. Mental processes associated with people's perceptions of - and reactions to - other people.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Antropology
Social Cognition
Culture Clash
50. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms
Deviance
Cognitive Theory
Conformity
Subcultures