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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II
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1. 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
Reactionary Groups
Institutions
Negative Sanctions
Identity Formation
2. A false impression of what most other people are thinking or feeling - or how they are responding
Latent Learning
Erik Erickson
Pluralistic Ignorance
Social Stratification
3. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.
Biases
Pluralism
Sterotypes
Laws
4. Becoming aware of something via the senses
Sterotypes
Perception
Social Stratification
Split Brain
5. The process by which a society's culture is transmitted from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.
Enculturation
Ascribed Status
Correlational Research
Status
6. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
Cognitive Theory
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Theory
7. Positive - constructive - helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior
Cognitive Theory
Prosocial Behavior
Socialization
Dominant Cultures
8. Refers to viewpoints that seek to return to a previous state (the status quo ante) in a society. The term is meant to stand in opposition to and as one end of a political spectrum whose opposite pole is 'radicalism'.
Ethnocentrism
Reactionary Groups
Deviance
Ivan Pavlov
9. The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another (psychoanalysis).
Cultural Anthroplogy
Transference
Networks
Archaeology
10. A branch of psychology that focuses on observable actions - particularly stimulus-response methods.
Behavioral Psychology
Multicultural diversity
Cultural Anthroplogy
Sterotypes
11. 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.
Ethnocentrism
Prejudice
Pluralism
Social Stratification
12. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Physical Anthroplogy
Secondary Groups
Ivan Pavlov
Mores
13. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige
Status
Beliefs
Latent Learning
Humanistic Psychology
14. The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group - norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.
Mores
Serial-Position Effect
Laws
Enculturation
15. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
Cultural Relativity
Identity Formation
Conformity
Role
16. Historically significant perspective that emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study personality in hopes of fostering personal growth
Beliefs
Humanistic Psychology
Social mobility
Pluralistic Ignorance
17. 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
Secondary Groups
Deviance
18. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.
Classical Conditioning
Conformity
Pluralism
Reactionary Groups
19. Distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about and one's self and one's role in society.
Cultural Anthroplogy
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Sensitive Development Period
Identity crisis
20. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
Transference
Status
Prosocial Behavior
Values
21. Social approval for observing a norm - a reward or positive reaction for following norms - ranging from a smile to a prize.
Positive Sanctions
Carl Jung
Antropology
Ascribed Status
22. 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.
Biases
Jean Piaget
Socialization
Behavioral Psychology
23. 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
Cultural Diffusion
Ethnocentrism
Social Stratification
Cultural Relativity
24. A Russian researcher in the early 1900s who was the first research into learned behavior (conditioning) who discovered classical conditioning.
Prosocial Behavior
Ivan Pavlov
Sensitive Development Period
Cognitive Theory
25. Specific ideas that people hold to be true
Identity crisis
Enculturation
Beliefs
Pluralism
26. Systematic study of humans and biological organisms
Habituation
Punishment
Physical Anthroplogy
Primary Groups
27. A learning procedure in which associations are made between a natural stimulus and a learned - neutral stimulus.
Jean Piaget
Deviance
Classical Conditioning
Socialization
28. 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.
Biases
Ethnocentrism
Conflict
Split Brain
29. Developmental Psychology: Psychosocial stage theory of development (eight stages)
Social Solidarity
Sensitive Development Period
Erik Erickson
Transference
30. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
Values
Perception
Enculturation
Archaeology
31. 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.
Status
Prejudice
Sensitive Development Period
Punishment
32. Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.
Laws
Cultural Relativity
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
33. The field of psychology concerned with the assessment - treatment - and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
Abnormal Psychology
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Negative Reinforcement
Folkways
34. Specific ideas that people hold to be true
Subcultures
Beliefs
Identity Formation
Social Stratification
35. 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.
B.F. Skinner
Carl Jung
Correlational Research
Negative Reinforcement
36. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Biases
Deindividualism
Sterotypes
Folkways
37. The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements.
Social Solidarity
Cognitive Theory
Pluralism
Deindividualism
38. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations
Mores
Jean Piaget
Conflict
Correlational Research
39. Social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life
Values
Ascribed Status
Multicultural diversity
Carl Jung
40. A generalization -oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing -an idea -or another group.
Sterotypes
Ethnocentrism
Enculturation
Ethnocentrism
41. Positive - constructive - helpful behavior. The opposite of antisocial behavior
Prosocial Behavior
Norms
Social Stratification
Culture Clash
42. 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
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
Major Depressive Disorder
43. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Erik Erickson
Cultural Diffusion
Biases
Values
44. 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.
Culture Clash
Archaeology
Dominant Cultures
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
45. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.
Status
Utopias
Dominant Cultures
Cultural Diffusion
46. 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.
Identity crisis
Primary Groups
Laws
Sensitive Development Period
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society; prestige
Dominant Cultures
Archaeology
Status
Group
48. 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.
Erik Erickson
Deviance
Institutions
Folkways
49. Reformers founded these ideal communities to realize their spiritual and moral potential and to escape from competition - communities designed to create perfect societies.
Antropology
Biases
Utopias
Role
50. 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
Humanistic Psychology
Major Depressive Disorder
Primary Groups
Role