A large group of religiously oriented people who were born into the group or joined it, who draw members from all social classes, and who follow a highly codified belief system is an example of a(n) ______.

A. church
B. cult
C. ecclesia
D. faction


Answer: A

Sociology

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A. gradually increasing the time between adding new information to be remembered. B. setting a specific space of time between presenting information and retrieval attempts. C. gradually increasing the time between retrieval attempts. D. setting a specific space of time between taking medications to improve memory and presenting new information to be remembered.

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What will be an ideal response?

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