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Anthropology Basics - Praxis II

Subject : humanities
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1. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.






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






3. Specific ideas that people hold to be true






4. 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.






5. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Unique characteristics of ethics groups






16. A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions - decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. The spread of ideas - customs - and technologies from one people to another.






22. 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






23. 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.






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Becoming aware of something via the senses






37. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 1896-1980; Swiss developmental psychologist who proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development based on the concept of mental operations






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






45. Becoming aware of something via the senses






46. Social disapproval for violating a norm - a punishment or threat of a punishment to promote conformity to norms.






47. Social disapproval for violating a norm - a punishment or threat of a punishment to promote conformity to norms.






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






49. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.






50. 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.