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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. Social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






14. 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.






15. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






31. 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.






32. Learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it.






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






34. Becoming aware of something via the senses






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






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






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






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






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






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.






50. 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