Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A cult is a new, innovative, small, and exclusive religious tradition that was never associated with any religious organization.
2. Religious rituals often mark a cosmic period, or a special time set apart from ordinary reality, such as attending church every Sunday.
3. Denominations are both hierarchical and bureaucratic.
4. Structural-functionalists recognize that violence and intolerance are two dysfunctions of religion.
5. The two fastest-growing religions in the world today are Christianity and Islam.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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A social group to which individuals belong and toward which they feel pride and loyalty is referred to as a/an:
a. in-group b. out-group c. reference group. d. subculture
What is a population projection?
a. An examination of population trends of the past b. An estimation of future population patterns c. A useless and inaccurate method of guessing at future populations d. A tool to predict the incidence of war and natural disaster
Robert Michels developed "the iron law of oligarchy," which refers to
a. rule of many. b. rule of a few. c. power to the people. d. the opiate of the masses.
In 1945, sociologists Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore made the claim that inequality has useful consequences for the operation of society. This claim is consistent with which type of theoretical analysis?
a. symbolic-interaction analysis b. social-disorganization analysis c. social-conflict analysis d. structural-functional analysis