A. is prevalent in industrial societies
B. entails the notion of mana
C. is centered upon the belief in powerful gods interested in human affairs
D. is illustrated by Buddhism
Related Mcqs:
- Of which of the following according to Marx does religion provide an example ?
A. alienation
B. anomie
C. authority
D. animism - According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three ?
A. an objectified state
B. an institutionalized form
C. a symbolic form
D. an embodied state - The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that_______________?
A. schools prepare children for work by teaching them to be obedient
B. teachers and parents tend to have similar attitudes to learning
C. children who write lots of letters develop a better grasp of language
D. boys and girls educational achievements have recently become similar - Symbolic interactionists ?
A. view “sickness” as a condition to which we attach socially devised meanings
B. are not interested in how the medical profession defines certain conditions as diseases
C. refer to the rising geriatric prisoner population in need of medical treatment as the “medicalization of deviance
D. none of the above - Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine These are ___________ functions or religion?
A. manifest
B. latent
C. positive
D. negative - According to Steve Bruce (1996) which of the following was a factor in generating strong religious commitment in the USA as compared to Europe ?
A. an evangelical strand of Christianity
B. a non-established church
C. a variety of new religious movements
D. late and very rapid industrialization - What sociological approach argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organization in competition with one another for followers ?
A. religious economy
B. religious culture
C. religious ritual
D. religious polity - What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?
A. cultural reproduction
B. passive consumption
C. conceptual abstraction
D. formal communication - Which of the following does NOT account for the rise in the cost of health care ?
A. Classical rules that govern marketplace exchanges have been applied to the health care industry for decades
B. Labor costs have risen sharply
C. The continual upgrading in the scope and intensity of medical services is costly
D. The concept of “health” has been expanded to include mental and psychological difficulties and “condition” such as infertility - Which sociological perspective argues that to whatever extent religion actually does influence social behavior it reinforces existing patterns of dominance and inequality ?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. each of the above
