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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)






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






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






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






11. 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'.






12. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.






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






14. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






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






27. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.






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






40. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.