Why do sociologists study religion?
A. to assess the truth of the world's religions
B. to understand the role it plays in social life
C. to determine how science plays a role in religion
D. to help understand the meaning of life
Answer: B
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In Hinduism, one of the central beliefs is karma, which means ________
A) personal enlightenment B) born again C) slain by the spirit D) spiritual progress
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz has proposed that:
a. Economic aid should be given to the most credit-worthy nations. b. Developing nations should receive grants rather than loans. c. Economic aid should be discontinued. d. First comes democracy, then comes economics.
From the perspective of labeling theory, deviance is seen as
a. a process of interaction between deviants and nondeviants. b. a set of characteristics of individuals or groups. c. freely chosen. d. an act that is universally wrong.
Among the Moba-Gurma in Togo, in cases of ________, the head of the family gives a woman to a man in gratitude for his services (farm work) or as an expression of friendship.
A. child betrothal B. marriage by reimbursement C. marriage by exchange D. leviratic marriage