Personal Conceptions of GodIn this activity, you will attend and observe a religious service outside your own faith.The way we imagine God to look varies dramatically, depending on the religion of the people doing the imagining and their personal beliefs. Consider what image appears in your head when you think of God and answer the following questions:Write a paragraph describing your image of God. What does God look like? In your image, is God a masculine or feminine figure? Old or young? Large or small?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. be granted tenure . b. enjoy academic freedom. c. teach the "right" ideas. d. be political advocates.
You recently read a study in which the researchers concluded that after age 60, women's IQs drop dramatically. This conclusion was based upon comparisons of women born between 1910 and 1930 and women born between 1960 and 1980. Based upon this information, the comment you would most likely make is
A. this is not a valid result because men were not included in the study. B. longitudinal research doesn't work well when looking at IQ over time. C. cohort effects likely account for the observed differences. D. whoever conducted this study is negatively biased against older women.
The Shaker Society in North America, in the interest of religious piety, did which of the following?
a. allowed all forms of homosexual behavior b. only allowed limited bisexual behavior c. attempted to curtail heterosexuality in favor of celibacy d. allowed heterosexuality and homosexuality
Although U.S. divorce rates were lower in the past, married people still split up. Which of the following was a “functional equivalent” of divorce for U.S. couples?
A. desertion and abandonment B. forced separation C. polygamy D. patricide