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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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






21. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






31. 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.






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






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






34. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






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






36. 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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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