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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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'.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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