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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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






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






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






13. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






15. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms






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






31. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. A state or condition markedly different from the norm - behavior that departs from societal or group norms






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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






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






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






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