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They “typical” American family today is: |
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 |
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According to sociologists Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson, many workers avoid taking full advantage of ___________ because they want to advance in their careers. |
family-friendly office policies. |
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Globalization in the twenty-first century is characterized by: |
the emergence of new markets, new means of exchange, new players, and new rules that are intensifying worldwide interdependencies |
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What is the current rate of unionization in the US |
12% |
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Defined broadly, religion is: |
System of beliefs |
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The sacred realm is: |
special, reserved, set apart from everyday use, unknowable, and mystical. [holy things] |
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Objects and behaviors that are profane are: |
all mundane life tasks that constitute our daily lives |
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Sacred things can include books, buildings, days, and places. From a sociological standpoint, the sacredness comes from |
the symbolic meaning created from the collective investment of community. |
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Theism/Ethicalism/Animism is /are the three major forms religion takes, examples of it are |
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 |
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Approximately what percentage of people in the world identify themselves as Christian |
33% |
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Which question is a sociologist of religion most likely to ask |
“How are religious beliefs patterned by social forces? |
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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: |
Secularism |
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The view of Karl Marx about religion was that it is the “opium of the masses.” What did he mean by this? |
Promises of happiness in afterlife |
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In what way are the conclusions of Weber and Marx similar |
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 |
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eber wondered how ____________ entered the modern world when the pre-modern worldview was governed by ____________. |
rationality; tradition |
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According to Weber which religion was a necessary condition for the development of capitalism? |
Protestant |
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Calvinists believed that their souls were selected for salvation before birth. This is known as: |
Predestination |
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Durkheim felt that one of the major functions of religion was that it perpetuates__________. |
Way of Thinking and Knowing |
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According to Durkheim, religion is created by ____________, and religious expressions represent ____________. |
social interaction; collective realities |
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As people age, they become: |
More religious |
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What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation |
86% |
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What percentage of Americans claim no religious affiliation |
14 percent of Americans claim to have no religious affiliation. |
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In its level of religiosity, the United States is similar to: |
some poor and low-income developing nations. |
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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: |
Social desirability bias |
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Higher-income earners _____________religious organizations, but score ____________on church attendance. |
Donate their money, less/lower |
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The linking of social movements with religion demonstrates: |
Elective Affinity |
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College faculty members in the ____________ are much more likely to belong to churches and express religious commitment than are faculty in the ____________. |
natural, physical, and engineering sciences; social sciences, law, and humanities |
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Jimmy Carter received the _________vote in 1976 elections mainly because he was ___________ |
PresidencyCarter's distance from Washington, D.C. politics |
