Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of religion?
a. It focuses on activities and questions that are not dealt with by other cultural institutions.
b. It is a set of coherent answers to the dilemmas of human existence that make the world meaningful.
c. It is a system of beliefs and rituals that serves to bind people together into a social group.
d. It meets the spiritual needs of individuals.
A
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A) the expected frequency of each cell is no larger than the observed frequency B) the sum of all the expected frequencies times the degrees of freedom equals the sum of all the observed frequencies C) for each row and column, the sum of the observed frequencies and the sum of the expected frequencies come out to be the same D) for each row, the sum of all the expected frequencies equals the observed frequencies, minus 1, for each column
According to _____________, the nuclear family is the most important social institution
A. conflict theorists B. symbolic interactionists C. functionalists D. none of these
__________ believed an “invisible hand” would control the marketplace
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which theorists see the modern world as built on a foundation of moral orders?
a. Anthony Giddens b. Jurgen Habermas c. George Ritzer d. Charles Taylor