Question 1

In Durkheim's terms,the Super Bowl trophy is an example of a ____.

Accepted Answer

A) charismatic trophy 
B) secular icon 
C) votive object 
D) totem 
E) religious statuette 
A) charismatic trophy 
B) secular icon 
C) votive object 
D) totem 
E) religious statuette

Question 2

According to Durkheim,when people worship in public and in a prescribed and collective manner,they are engaged in:

Accepted Answer

A) practice 
B) ritual 
C) unconscious religiosity 
D) effervescence 
E) social solidarity 
A) practice 
B) ritual 
C) unconscious religiosity 
D) effervescence 
E) social solidarity

Question 3

Durkheim's analysis of religion is based on what kind of theory?

Accepted Answer

A) conflict theory 
B) functionalism 
C) symbolic interactionism 
D) ethnomethodology 
E) feminism 
A) conflict theory 
B) functionalism 
C) symbolic interactionism 
D) ethnomethodology 
E) feminism

Question 4

Religious organizations such as Baptists,Methodists,Lutherans,Presbyterians,and Episcopalians are examples of ____.

Accepted Answer

A) sects 
B) ecclesia 
C) denominations 
D) cults 
E) all of these choices 
A) sects 
B) ecclesia 
C) denominations 
D) cults 
E) all of these choices

Question 5

Define the collective conscience.

Accepted Answer

The collective conscience is c

Question 6

Like other specialized institutions that broke off from the institution of religion,the education system is largely concerned with worldly affairs rather than spiritual matters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which statement provides evidence that the American increase of fundamentalism is by no means unique?

Accepted Answer

A) Fundamentalism has spread throughout the world since the 1970s. 
B) Fundamentalism is typically driven by politics. 
C) A revival of Muslim fundamentalism began in Iran in the 1970s. 
D) All of the above. 
E) None of the above. 
A) Fundamentalism has spread throughout the world since the 1970s. 
B) Fundamentalism is typically driven by politics. 
C) A revival of Muslim fundamentalism began in Iran in the 1970s. 
D) All of the above. 
E) None of the above.

Question 8

The latest Encyclopedia of American Religions lists 21 religious groups that are currently active in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A religious organization that has endured for many years,formally trains its leaders,applies a strict hierarchy of roles,and has clearly drawn rules and regulations is called a:

Accepted Answer

A) church 
B) sect 
C) cult 
D) denomination 
E) synagogue 
A) church 
B) sect 
C) cult 
D) denomination 
E) synagogue

Question 10

We distinguish the everyday world of the ____,from the religious transcendent world of the ____.

Accepted Answer

A) sacred; profane 
B) profane; sacred 
C) profane; secular 
D) sacred; secular 
E) None of the above. 
A) sacred; profane 
B) profane; sacred 
C) profane; secular 
D) sacred; secular 
E) None of the above.

Question 11

Organized religion used to be the main purveyor of formal knowledge and the most important agent of socialization aside from the family.Today that role is performed by:

Accepted Answer

A) the education system 
B) the peer group 
C) the criminal justice system 
D) the economic system 
E) the religious system 
A) the education system 
B) the peer group 
C) the criminal justice system 
D) the economic system 
E) the religious system

Question 12

The United States has an unusually low level of religiosity for a rich country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why do older people attend religious services more often than younger people on average?

Accepted Answer

A) they have more free time 
B) they don't have as much need for religion as the young 
C) they are required to go to church 
D) they grew up in a less religious time 
E) none of these choices 
A) they have more free time 
B) they don't have as much need for religion as the young 
C) they are required to go to church 
D) they grew up in a less religious time 
E) none of these choices

Question 14

Durkheim called public practices that connect them with the sacred:

Accepted Answer

A) religions 
B) rituals 
C) totems 
D) collective effervescences 
E) all of these choices 
A) religions 
B) rituals 
C) totems 
D) collective effervescences 
E) all of these choices

Question 15

How does credential inflation benefit employers? How is this significant?

Accepted Answer

Credential inflation benefits employers

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT one of the patterns of religious behavior revealed by General Social Survey data?

Accepted Answer

A) older people tend to attend religious services more frequently than younger people 
B) frequent church attendance is more common among African Americans than whites 
C) people whose mothers attended religious services are more likely to do so themselves 
D) religiosity is based on individual choice 
A) older people tend to attend religious services more frequently than younger people 
B) frequent church attendance is more common among African Americans than whites 
C) people whose mothers attended religious services are more likely to do so themselves 
D) religiosity is based on individual choice

Question 17

Weber made a historical connection between ____ and capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) the opium of the masses 
B) social solidarity 
C) secularization 
D) the Protestant ethic 
E) None of the above. 
A) the opium of the masses 
B) social solidarity 
C) secularization 
D) the Protestant ethic 
E) None of the above.

Question 18

For Weber,what prompted vigorous capitalist development in non-Catholic Europe and North America was:

Accepted Answer

A) unfavorable economic conditions 
B) the spread of the Protestant ethic 
C) the reorganization of everyday life 
D) changes in interaction patterns between men and women 
E) none of these choices 
A) unfavorable economic conditions 
B) the spread of the Protestant ethic 
C) the reorganization of everyday life 
D) changes in interaction patterns between men and women 
E) none of these choices

Question 19

According to the psychologist William James,religion originates in people's need:

Accepted Answer

A) to keep busy 
B) to be charitable 
C) to find meaning and purpose in the face of inevitable death 
D) to explain human behavior 
E) to be intensely sociable 
A) to keep busy 
B) to be charitable 
C) to find meaning and purpose in the face of inevitable death 
D) to explain human behavior 
E) to be intensely sociable

Question 20

Which is an unintended,negative consequence of religious and ethnic profiling,especially in the wake of September 11,2001?

Accepted Answer

A) Profiling may divert scarce resources from other approaches that have a higher "hit rate" or have a higher chance of resulting in detection. 
B) Profiling may cause terrorist organizations to use more infiltrators who appear Muslim. 
C) Profiling can deter terrorist attacks. 
D) All of the above. 
E) None of the above. 
A) Profiling may divert scarce resources from other approaches that have a higher "hit rate" or have a higher chance of resulting in detection. 
B) Profiling may cause terrorist organizations to use more infiltrators who appear Muslim. 
C) Profiling can deter terrorist attacks. 
D) All of the above. 
E) None of the above.

Exam 16: Religion

In Durkheim's terms,the Super Bowl trophy is an example of a ____.

According to Durkheim,when people worship in public and in a prescribed and collective manner,they are engaged in:

Durkheim's analysis of religion is based on what kind of theory?

Religious organizations such as Baptists,Methodists,Lutherans,Presbyterians,and Episcopalians are examples of ____.

Define the collective conscience.

Like other specialized institutions that broke off from the institution of religion,the education system is largely concerned with worldly affairs rather than spiritual matters.

Which statement provides evidence that the American increase of fundamentalism is by no means unique?

The latest Encyclopedia of American Religions lists 21 religious groups that are currently active in the United States.

A religious organization that has endured for many years,formally trains its leaders,applies a strict hierarchy of roles,and has clearly drawn rules and regulations is called a:

We distinguish the everyday world of the ____,from the religious transcendent world of the ____.

Organized religion used to be the main purveyor of formal knowledge and the most important agent of socialization aside from the family.Today that role is performed by:

The United States has an unusually low level of religiosity for a rich country.

Why do older people attend religious services more often than younger people on average?

Durkheim called public practices that connect them with the sacred:

How does credential inflation benefit employers? How is this significant?

Which of the following is NOT one of the patterns of religious behavior revealed by General Social Survey data?

Weber made a historical connection between ____ and capitalism.

For Weber,what prompted vigorous capitalist development in non-Catholic Europe and North America was:

According to the psychologist William James,religion originates in people's need:

Which is an unintended,negative consequence of religious and ethnic profiling,especially in the wake of September 11,2001?

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