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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Becoming aware of something via the senses






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. Scientific study of humankind in all its aspects - especially human evolution - development - and culture - Studying the orgins and development of people and their society.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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. 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'.






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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