soc tes 3 – Flashcards

Religion is a social institution that is BEST defined as involving.. beliefs and practices concerning what is sacred. ideas about good and evil. a series of beliefs about creation. norms about how to live.

Sociological analysis of religion is concerned with... understanding patterns of religious activity and their effect on society. which religions are true and which are false. the purpose of life. discerning the will of God.

Karl Marx believed that religion.. focuses life on the present rather than the future. supports social inequality. treats existing society as secular. threatens the power of the state.

Which of the following would you expect to be the LEAST stable type of religious organizations? cult church denomination state church

All through the South, the largest number of Protestants is of which denomination? Lutheran Baptist Methodist Episcopalian

Secularization refers to which of the following? the historical importance of religion in people's lives the historical increase in the importance of the sacred the historical decline in the importance of the sacred the historical concern of the church with social change

The claim that the United States is a postdenominational society is based on a movement away from religion. supporting spiritualism, but away from formal denominations. toward greater church attendance. favoring rigid conformity to church doctrine.

In the "Losing My Religion" article, religiosity was measured in three different ways. Which of the following is NOT a way in which religiosity was measured? Religious service attendance Biblical literalism- whether or not the respondent believes the Bible should be taken literally or if it's a book of fables. Decrease in importance of religion (as reported by respondent) Disaffiliation from religion

Which of the following statements would NOT be supported by conclusions and arguments in "Losing my Religion"? (In other words, which of these statements would be wrong according to the authors of the article?) Young adults are much more likely to decrease their church attendance than change how important they say religion is in their life or to drop their religious affiliation altogether. Higher education probably does not offer much of an explanation for religious decline in young adulthood because young adults who do NOT attend college are more prone to curb all three types of religiousness in early adulthood. Religious socialization during one's childhood probably does not affect whether or not the individual is religious during their young adult years. One possible reason for the decrease in church attendance among young adults may be due to trend for churches to target families, possibly making young single adults without children feel out of place.

What do the authors of "Losing my Religion" conclude about normative deviance and cognitive dissonance? The relationship is bidirectional meaning that there is no way to determine what came first- religious decline OR behaviors such as premarital sex and frequent alcohol consumption. Religious decline causes normative deviance. Normative deviances causes religious decline. None of above.

The effect of the sexual counterrevolution was to keep sex only within marriage. more people began choosing to limit their number of sexual partners or not to have sex at all. to finally close the historical "double standard." to discourage the use of birth control technology.

Survey research on attitudes toward premarital sex tells us that the public is more accepting of premarital sex than it was a generation ago. there has been little or no change in public attitudes toward premarital sex in recent decades. the public is less accepting of premarital sex than it was a generation ago. almost no one today claims that premarital sex is wrong.

Based on what you know about the history of human sexuality, once a society gains birth control technology social control of sexuality becomes more strict. families, rather than individuals, make choices about sexual partners. social norms regarding sexuality become more permissive. the incest taboo no longer is observed.

If you were teaching a class about the symbolic-interaction approach to sexuality, on which of the following topics would you likely focus? understanding men's power over women raising public concern about sexual harassment how individuals in various settings engage in different sexual behavior and attach different meanings to sexual activity understanding why society must regulate with whom and when people reproduce

In the United States, romantic love is the reason most people expect to marry. is not a very stable foundation for marriage. may contribute to a high divorce rate. All of these responses are correct.

The concept "homogamy" means that people marry because they benefit from being married. women usually marry older men. people marry others who are socially like themselves. most marriages are based on romantic love.

Compared to what it was a century ago, the U.S. divorce rate is now about the same. half as high. twice as high. about three times higher.

According to the structural-functional approach, which of the following is counted among the tasks of the family? socialization of the young regulation of sexual activity social placement All of these responses are correct.

Social conflict and feminist theories explain that families perpetuate social inequality in U.S. society through inheritance of private property. encouraging patriarchy. passing on racial and ethnic inequality. All of these responses are correct.

To which region of the world would you travel if you wanted to visit many countries where the law permits polygamy? Africa North America South America Scandinavia

A family composed of one or two parents and their children is called a nuclear family. an extended family. a family of affinity. a consanguine family

The concept "endogamy" refers to marriage between people of the same sex. people of different social categories. people of the same social category. people related by birth.