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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






20. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






22. 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.






23. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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