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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






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






33. 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'.






34. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. It is the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a meaningful scientific concept.






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






42. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.






43. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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






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