Social Studies Content Knowledge test (5081) PRAXIS II ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Social Studies Content Knowledge test
(5081) PRAXIS II ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Bacon's Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER- Friction between English settlers and Native
Americans
Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER- Goal that was clearly expressed was a
limit on the power of th...
Social Studies Content Knowledge test
(5081) PRAXIS II UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Positive Sanctions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Social approval for observing a norm, a
reward or positive reaction for following norms, ranging from a smile to a prize.
Negative Sanctions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Social disapproval for violating a norm, a
punishment or threat of a punishment to promote conformity to norms.
Institutions - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Group - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Norms - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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
Status - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law;
relative rank or standing, especially in society; prestige
Networks - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A set of informal and formal social ties that links
people to each other.
Social Solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The state of having shared beliefs and values
among members of a social group, along with intense and frequent interaction among group
members.
Conflict - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A state of opposition between persons or ideas or
interests, an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
,Multicultural diversity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Unique characteristics of ethics groups
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Stereotypes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A generalization, oversimplified view or opinion
that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing, an idea, or another group.
Biases - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Ideals - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Cultural Relativity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Prejudice - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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.
Pluralism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The doctrine that reality consists of several basic
substances or elements.
Archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Study of artifacts and relics of early mankind, the
study of the remains of past cultures.
Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Scientific study of humankind in all its aspects,
especially human evolution, development, and culture, Studying the organs and development
of people and their society.
, Physical Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Systematic study of humans and
biological organisms
Cultural Anthropology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It is the branch of anthropology that
examines culture as a meaningful scientific concept.
Enculturation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The process by which a society's culture is
transmitted from one generation to the next and individuals become members of their society.
Social Stratification - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔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
Subcultures - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Groups that share in some parts of the dominant
culture but have their own distinctive values, norms, language, and/or material culture.
Dominant Cultures - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Values, customs, and language established
by the group or groups that traditionally have controlled politics and government in a society.
Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Psychological perspective that focuses on
mental processes: how people perceive and mentally represent the world around them and
solve-problems.
Behavioral Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A branch of psychology that focuses on
observable actions, particularly stimulus-response methods.
Humanistic Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Historically significant perspective that
emphasized the growth potential of healthy people; used personalized methods to study
personality in hopes of fostering personal growth
Abnormal Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The field of psychology concerned with
the assessment, treatment, and prevention of maladaptive behavior.
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