Question 1

Religion can be used as a powerful means of controlling society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

According to Bronislaw Malinowski, religion provides people with emotional comfort during problematic times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

________ magic is based on the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it.

Accepted Answer

A) Contagious 
B) Imitative 
C) Serial 
D) Sequential 
E) Simultaneous 
A) Contagious 
B) Imitative 
C) Serial 
D) Sequential 
E) Simultaneous

Question 4

By participating in a ritual, the participants signal that they accept the common social and ethical order prescribed by their religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a problem with defining religion?

Accepted Answer

A) There are both sacred and secular rituals. 
B) Distinctions between supernatural and natural are not consistently made in a society, making it difficult to tell what is a religion and what isn't. 
C) Behaviors considered appropriate for religious occasions vary between cultures. 
D) Only one religion can be considered true, so all others must be classified as myth. 
E) Defining religion with reference to supernatural powers makes it difficult to classify ritual-like behavior in secular contexts. 
A) There are both sacred and secular rituals. 
B) Distinctions between supernatural and natural are not consistently made in a society, making it difficult to tell what is a religion and what isn't. 
C) Behaviors considered appropriate for religious occasions vary between cultures. 
D) Only one religion can be considered true, so all others must be classified as myth. 
E) Defining religion with reference to supernatural powers makes it difficult to classify ritual-like behavior in secular contexts.

Question 6

Like ethnicity and language, religion also is

Accepted Answer

A) a social fiction. 
B) a topic of research that distinguishes anthropology from other disciplines. 
C) a phenomenon that illustrates the power of biology over culture. 
D) a cultural generality. 
E) associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations. 
A) a social fiction. 
B) a topic of research that distinguishes anthropology from other disciplines. 
C) a phenomenon that illustrates the power of biology over culture. 
D) a cultural generality. 
E) associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations.

Question 7

How do you explain the universality of religion?

Accepted Answer

The universality of religion, or the wid

Question 8

Which of the following is true about rites of passage?

Accepted Answer

A) Beliefs and rituals can, ironically, both diminish and create anxiety and a sense of insecurity and danger. 
B) Despite their prevalence during the time that Victor Turner did his research, rites of passage have disappeared with the advent of modern life. 
C) Participants in rites of passage only are tricked into believing that there was a big change in their lives. 
D) Rites of passage only worsen the anxieties caused by other aspects of religion. 
E) Rites of passage would be effective in diminishing anxiety and fear if they did not involve the liminal phase. 
A) Beliefs and rituals can, ironically, both diminish and create anxiety and a sense of insecurity and danger. 
B) Despite their prevalence during the time that Victor Turner did his research, rites of passage have disappeared with the advent of modern life. 
C) Participants in rites of passage only are tricked into believing that there was a big change in their lives. 
D) Rites of passage only worsen the anxieties caused by other aspects of religion. 
E) Rites of passage would be effective in diminishing anxiety and fear if they did not involve the liminal phase.

Question 9

Which of the following tend to be directed at socially marginal individuals as a method of social control?

Accepted Answer

A) blood feuds 
B) Olympian religions 
C) rites of passage 
D) cargo cults 
E) witchcraft accusations 
A) blood feuds 
B) Olympian religions 
C) rites of passage 
D) cargo cults 
E) witchcraft accusations

Question 10

Discuss two cases illustrating religion's role in social change.

Accepted Answer

One case illustrating religion's role in

Question 11

What are the similarities and differences between religions of foraging societies and those of nation-states? How do these compare with Olympian religions and monotheism? What kinds of general evolutionary trends are discernible in religious worship?

Accepted Answer

The similarities and differences between

Question 12

What are both induction into the U.S.Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Accepted Answer

A) binary opposition 
B) a generalized exchange 
C) a structural analysis of religion 
D) rites of passage 
E) genetic programming 
A) binary opposition 
B) a generalized exchange 
C) a structural analysis of religion 
D) rites of passage 
E) genetic programming

Question 13

Besides animism-and sometimes coexisting with it in the same society-there is a view of the supernatural as a domain of raw impersonal power, or force, that people can control under certain conditions.This conception of the supernatural is particularly prominent in Melanesia.Melanesians refer to this force as

Accepted Answer

A) taboo. 
B) magic. 
C) good (or bad) luck. 
D) The Force. 
E) mana. 
A) taboo. 
B) magic. 
C) good (or bad) luck. 
D) The Force. 
E) mana.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the Indian sacred cow is adaptive, according to Harris's studies?

Accepted Answer

A) Zebu cattle require less food per animal than do beef cattle. 
B) Wandering cattle indirectly provide fertilizer for agricultural fields. 
C) Zebu cattle are frequently slaughtered and their meat distributed on ceremonial occasions. 
D) Cattle dung provides a cheap source of heating and cooking energy. 
E) Cattle are an affordable form of power for peasant farmers. 
A) Zebu cattle require less food per animal than do beef cattle. 
B) Wandering cattle indirectly provide fertilizer for agricultural fields. 
C) Zebu cattle are frequently slaughtered and their meat distributed on ceremonial occasions. 
D) Cattle dung provides a cheap source of heating and cooking energy. 
E) Cattle are an affordable form of power for peasant farmers.

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?

Accepted Answer

A) initiation 
B) fasting 
C) baptism 
D) marriage 
E) bat mitzvah 
A) initiation 
B) fasting 
C) baptism 
D) marriage 
E) bat mitzvah

Question 16

Which of the following kinds of religion involves part-time religious specialists in foraging societies?

Accepted Answer

A) communal religion 
B) shamanistic religion 
C) Olympian religion 
D) individualistic cults 
E) idiosyncratic belief systems 
A) communal religion 
B) shamanistic religion 
C) Olympian religion 
D) individualistic cults 
E) idiosyncratic belief systems

Question 17

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B) It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C) It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D) It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E) It can both create and maintain social solidarity. 
A) It is a cultural construction, therefore not a reality. 
B) It can both create and maintain divisions within society. 
C) It is sometimes a source of conflict. 
D) It is, in some cases, ecologically adaptive. 
E) It can both create and maintain social solidarity.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) The functions of religious beliefs and practices vary with the society. 
B) Religion is often an instrument of societal change, even revolution. 
C) Religion serves only to maintain social solidarity; it does not create or maintain societal divisions. 
D) Political leaders never mix religion with politics. 
E) Religious beliefs can help regulate the economy. 
A) The functions of religious beliefs and practices vary with the society. 
B) Religion is often an instrument of societal change, even revolution. 
C) Religion serves only to maintain social solidarity; it does not create or maintain societal divisions. 
D) Political leaders never mix religion with politics. 
E) Religious beliefs can help regulate the economy.

Question 20

Much religious and ritual behavior is adaptive.Can you think of cases in which it is not? What does it mean for religion to be maladaptive?

Accepted Answer

Much religious and ritual behavior is ad

Religion can be used as a powerful means of controlling society.

According to Bronislaw Malinowski, religion provides people with emotional comfort during problematic times.

________ magic is based on the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it.

By participating in a ritual, the participants signal that they accept the common social and ethical order prescribed by their religion.

Which of the following is NOT a problem with defining religion?

Like ethnicity and language, religion also is

How do you explain the universality of religion?

Which of the following is true about rites of passage?

Which of the following tend to be directed at socially marginal individuals as a method of social control?

Discuss two cases illustrating religion's role in social change.

What are the similarities and differences between religions of foraging societies and those of nation-states? How do these compare with Olympian religions and monotheism? What kinds of general evolutionary trends are discernible in religious worship?

What are both induction into the U.S.Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the Indian sacred cow is adaptive, according to Harris's studies?

Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?

Which of the following kinds of religion involves part-time religious specialists in foraging societies?

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Much religious and ritual behavior is adaptive.Can you think of cases in which it is not? What does it mean for religion to be maladaptive?

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Exam 12: Religion

Religion can be used as a powerful means of controlling society.

According to Bronislaw Malinowski, religion provides people with emotional comfort during problematic times.

________ magic is based on the belief that whatever is done to an object will affect a person who once had contact with it.

By participating in a ritual, the participants signal that they accept the common social and ethical order prescribed by their religion.

Which of the following is NOT a problem with defining religion?

Like ethnicity and language, religion also is

How do you explain the universality of religion?

Which of the following is true about rites of passage?

Which of the following tend to be directed at socially marginal individuals as a method of social control?

Discuss two cases illustrating religion's role in social change.

What are the similarities and differences between religions of foraging societies and those of nation-states? How do these compare with Olympian religions and monotheism? What kinds of general evolutionary trends are discernible in religious worship?

What are both induction into the U.S.Marine Corps and the vision quest of certain North American Indian societies examples of?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the Indian sacred cow is adaptive, according to Harris's studies?

Which of the following is NOT among contemporary rites of passage?

Which of the following kinds of religion involves part-time religious specialists in foraging societies?

Witch hunts are an example of how religion can be used to limit deviant social behavior by instilling strong motivations to behave properly.

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Which of the following statements about religion is NOT true?

Much religious and ritual behavior is adaptive.Can you think of cases in which it is not? What does it mean for religion to be maladaptive?

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters