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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II
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1. 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
Antropology
Social Stratification
Ascribed Status
Split Brain
2. A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Cultural Diffusion
Social Cognition
Pluralism
3. Abandoning normal restraints to the power of the group - doing together what we would not do alone
Prosocial Behavior
Ascribed Status
Deindividualism
Physical Anthroplogy
4. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
Multicultural diversity
Archaeology
Conflict
Prejudice
5. A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling - or how they are responding
Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Groups
Subcultures
Pluralistic Ignorance
6. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Ivan Pavlov
Mores
Status
7. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.
Secondary Groups
Positive Sanctions
Pluralistic Ignorance
Status
8. 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
Biases
Utopias
Norms
Positive Sanctions
9. 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
Norms
Subcultures
Networks
Transference
10. 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
Sensitive Development Period
Reactionary Groups
Norms
Identity Formation
11. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
Schizophrenia
Networks
Role
Deviance
12. Becoming aware of something via the senses
Secondary Groups
Perception
Values
Pluralistic Ignorance
13. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Abnormal Psychology
Subcultures
Sterotypes
Correlational Research
14. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
Values
Subcultures
Physical Anthroplogy
Behavioral Psychology
15. The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth - prestige - education and power.
Ethnocentrism
Secondary Groups
Social Stratification
Social mobility
16. It is the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a meaningful scientific concept.
Folkways
Secondary Groups
Reactionary Groups
Cultural Anthroplogy
17. Type of personality disorder characterized by extreme suspiciousness or mistrust of others
Deindividualism
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Deindividualism
Social Solidarity
18. 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
Beliefs
Subcultures
Ascribed Status
Carl Jung
19. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms
Secondary Groups
Deviance
Abnormal Psychology
Serial-Position Effect
20. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Positive Sanctions
Biases
Classical Conditioning
21. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations
Laws
Jean Piaget
Utopias
Values
22. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.
Identity Formation
Status
Culture Clash
Classical Conditioning
23. Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind - the study of the remains of past cultures.
Secondary Groups
Conformity
Erik Erickson
Archaeology
24. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).
Carl Jung
Transference
Deindividualism
Physical Anthroplogy
25. 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.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Group
Institutions
Erik Erickson
26. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.
Conformity
Cultural Diffusion
Networks
Beliefs
27. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Physical Anthroplogy
Behavioral Psychology
Group Norms
Social Stratification
28. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige
Archaeology
Utopias
Status
Ivan Pavlov
29. 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.
Jean Piaget
Negative Reinforcement
Punishment
Classical Conditioning
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
Cultural Diffusion
Culture Clash
Carl Jung
Negative Reinforcement
31. 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
Group Norms
Serial-Position Effect
Perception
Cultural Diffusion
32. A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions - decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.
Culture Clash
Multicultural diversity
Socialization
Habituation
33. Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture - norms for routine or casual interaction.
Social Solidarity
Utopias
Folkways
Enculturation
34. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Biases
Cultural Diffusion
Social Stratification
Pluralistic Ignorance
35. Mental processes associated with people's perceptions of - and reactions to - other people.
Social Solidarity
Social Solidarity
Social Cognition
Abnormal Psychology
36. 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
Prosocial Behavior
Group Norms
Role
Sterotypes
37. The state of having shared beliefs and values among members of a social group - along with intense and frequent interaction among group members.
Punishment
Pluralism
Social Solidarity
Enculturation
38. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Cognitive Theory
Identity Formation
Conformity
Multicultural diversity
39. A rare dissociative disorder in which a person exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities. Also called multiple personality disorder.
Mores
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Social Solidarity
Prosocial Behavior
40. Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Antropology
Negative Sanctions
Punishment
Multicultural diversity
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
Social mobility
Schizophrenia
Social Stratification
Social mobility
42. An event that decreases the behavior that it follows.
Cultural Anthroplogy
Punishment
Role
Norms
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
Subcultures
Group Norms
Culture Clash
Deviance
44. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.
Reactionary Groups
Cultural Anthroplogy
Latent Learning
Ideals
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
B.F. Skinner
Punishment
Reactionary Groups
Antropology
46. 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.
Antropology
Biases
Mores
Pluralism
47. 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.
Norms
Cultural Anthroplogy
Negative Sanctions
Culture Clash
48. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms
Utopias
Physical Anthroplogy
Latent Learning
Enculturation
49. 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.
Prosocial Behavior
Social mobility
Multicultural diversity
Ideals
50. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Ivan Pavlov
Serial-Position Effect
B.F. Skinner
Norms