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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

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






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






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






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






5. Becoming aware of something via the senses






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






7. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






9. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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. 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.






20. 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






21. 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.






22. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






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






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






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






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






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






28. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






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






30. 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.






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






32. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






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. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.






50. 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.