Multiple Choice
This question might work best as a take-home exam: Design a study in which you test the validity of Lofland's process model of conversion.What group will you study and what method of data collection will you use? What practical and ethical challenges will you face in conducting your research? How will you know whether Lofland's model is valid or not?
Extensive research by sociologists shows that brainwashing is the primary recruitment technique of
A) religious cults (new religious movements) .
B) evangelical sects.
C) Roman Catholic convents.
D) mainline Protestant denominations.
E) none of the above.
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