Exam 13: Families and Religion

"Religion is the basis for intergroup conflict." This statement most closely reflects _.

Explain Marx's idea of religion as a form of false consciousness.

Compared to 30 years ago, the proportion of married couples has declined as a proportion of all households.

In terms of religious identification the U.S., the largest recent increases have been for people who identify as .

According to functionalists, families serve all of the following basic social needs, except:

Cults generally exist outside of the mainstream of society.

Because of the rise in divorce and remarriage, stepfamilies have become fairly common in the U.S. Despite how common stepfamilies have become,:

Within the U.S., polygamy:

Durkheim's emphasis on rituals and shared meanings fits with which type of sociological theory?

The Shakers were formed by breaking away from the Quakers. They are an example of a:

Karl Marx believed that religion encourages passivity and acceptance of one's circumstances.

How does symbolic interactionism help us understand religion as a social phenomenon? Explain the process of religious socialization.

Christianity would be categorized as a religion.

Emile Durkheim argued that religion is:

Research on cohabitation has found that:

Discuss what Karl Marx meant by wrong consciousness.

Mrs. Thompson often feels like there is too much to do and too little time to do it. She is experiencing:

Religion has been the basis for social movement activity in which major social movement?

Research indicates that faith-based organizations:

Young people establishing relationships today: