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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. An event that decreases the behavior that it follows.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






43. 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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. 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'.






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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






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