Second Set

Front 1

They “typical” American family today is:

Back 1

The "typical" American family that consists of a working father, a stay-at-home mother, and children in school is only one of many kinds of families in the United States

Front 2

According to sociologists Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson, many workers avoid taking full advantage of ___________ because they want to advance in their careers.

Back 2

family-friendly office policies.

Front 3

Globalization in the twenty-first century is characterized by:

Back 3

the emergence of new markets, new means of exchange, new players, and new rules that are intensifying worldwide interdependencies

Front 4

What is the current rate of unionization in the US

Back 4

12%

Front 5

Defined broadly, religion is:

Back 5

System of beliefs

Front 6

The sacred realm is:

Back 6

special, reserved, set apart from everyday use, unknowable, and mystical. [holy things]

Front 7

Objects and behaviors that are profane are:

Back 7

all mundane life tasks that constitute our daily lives

Front 8

Sacred things can include books, buildings, days, and places. From a sociological standpoint, the sacredness comes from

Back 8

the symbolic meaning created from the collective investment of community.

Front 9

Theism/Ethicalism/Animism is /are the three major forms religion takes, examples of it are

Back 9

Theism: the worship of a god or gods, as in christianity, islam, and Hinduism.Ethicalism: the adherence to certain principles to lead a moral life, as in Buddhism and Taoism.Animism: the belief that spirits roam the natural world, as in totemism

Front 10

Approximately what percentage of people in the world identify themselves as Christian

Back 10

33%

Front 11

Which question is a sociologist of religion most likely to ask

Back 11

“How are religious beliefs patterned by social forces?

Front 12

The trend in industrial nations toward a separation between church and state, a belief in rationality and science, and the movement away from religiosity and spiritual belief is known as:

Back 12

Secularism

Front 13

The view of Karl Marx about religion was that it is the “opium of the masses.” What did he mean by this?

Back 13

Promises of happiness in afterlife

Front 14

In what way are the conclusions of Weber and Marx similar

Back 14

To Weber, people in the modern world are trapped in the iron cage; to Marx, people in the modern world are alienated. // brings social change

Front 15

eber wondered how ____________ entered the modern world when the pre-modern worldview was governed by ____________.

Back 15

rationality; tradition

Front 16

According to Weber which religion was a necessary condition for the development of capitalism?

Back 16

Protestant

Front 17

Calvinists believed that their souls were selected for salvation before birth. This is known as:

Back 17

Predestination

Front 18

Durkheim felt that one of the major functions of religion was that it perpetuates__________.

Back 18

Way of Thinking and Knowing

Front 19

According to Durkheim, religion is created by ____________, and religious expressions represent ____________.

Back 19

social interaction; collective realities

Front 20

As people age, they become:

Back 20

More religious

Front 21

What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation

Back 21

86%

Front 22

What percentage of Americans claim no religious affiliation

Back 22

14 percent of Americans claim to have no religious affiliation.

Front 23

In its level of religiosity, the United States is similar to:

Back 23

some poor and low-income developing nations.

Front 24

When asked if they attend church services at least once a month, about 60% of Americans say they do. But when daily diaries of people’s activities are examined, rates of church attendance are much lower. This problem of self-reporting of positive behaviors is known within sociology as:

Back 24

Social desirability bias

Front 25

Higher-income earners _____________religious organizations, but score ____________on church attendance.

Back 25

Donate their money, less/lower

Front 26

The linking of social movements with religion demonstrates:

Back 26

Elective Affinity

Front 27

College faculty members in the ____________ are much more likely to belong to churches and express religious commitment than are faculty in the ____________.

Back 27

natural, physical, and engineering sciences; social sciences, law, and humanities

Front 28

Jimmy Carter received the _________vote in 1976 elections mainly because he was ___________

Back 28

PresidencyCarter's distance from Washington, D.C. politics