THEOLOGY III: VOCAB QUIZ

enculturation

The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations

cognitive

Dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental

moral

A brief and often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literature; lesson about right and wrong

development

improvement in human well-being through economic advancement

sullen

(adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish.

empirically

by means of observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

ontogenesis

the development of an individual organism or anatomical or behavioral feature from the earliest stage to maturity.

longitudinal

describes research that measures a trait in a particular group of subjects over a long period of time

regression

psychoanalytic defense mechanism in which an individual faced with anxiety retreats to a more infantile psychosexual stage, where some psychic energy remains fixated

egocentric

self-centered, selfish

dissonance

harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds

arrested

stopped; seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.

hierarchy

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

hypothetical

(adj.) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

reciprocity

the obligation to return in kind what another has done for us; mutual exchange

assimilate

(v.) to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully

myriad

a countless or extremely great number

foster

(v.) to bring up, give care to; to promote, encourage; (adj.) in the same family but not related by birth

correlation

A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.

infiltrate

(v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily