Exam 16: Research Methods

A type of myth in which a hero emerges from the everyday world with superhuman powers, wins a battle over evil, and then returns with the power to bestow good things on his fellow men is called a .

The custom of eating haggis on Robbie Burns Day is an enacted norm.

Before going out for the evening, Mary has a shower, and spends about 45 minutes doing her hair and makeup. This transformation from a natural state to the social world illustrates which binary opposition of grooming rituals?

postulated that myths involve binary opposition in which two opposing ends of some dimension are represented.

Matt was asked to promote a religious worship event for a local Protestant church. Matt was correct to frame this event as a religious ritual primarily devoted to group learning.

Myths that serve to emphasize all components of the universe are part of a single picture are termed .

Objects which are set apart from the normal and treated with some degree of respect or awe (and which may or may not be associated with religion) are termed .

Within a culture, rules which are explicitly decided upon to guide behaviour, such as a red traffic light means "stop," are called .

Every year, the students at a prestigious engineering school would remove a car from the parking lot and place it on the highest point of the roof of the main engineering building. The students have been doing this for decades but not once has anyone ever confided to an outsider how it was done. This is a classical example of a ritual.

Which of the following is NOT an example of desacralization:

Taiwan's culture stresses values like self discipline and accepting one's lot in life. These are associated with a/an _ culture.

How can a myth be true and false at the same time?

Explain the difference between sacred and profane consumption.

A custom is an example of a norm

When a woman "puts on her face," she is demonstrating binary opposition by using her grooming ritual to transform herself to a more socially acceptable look.

A culture must possess an ideology in order to exist.

Sidney went to court to fight his speeding ticket. What type of primary behaviour source is this ritual:

Discuss Halloween as an example of an antifestival.

The cosmological function of myths is to maintain social order by authorizing a social code to be followed by members of a culture.

The red sequined shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz are displayed by the Smithsonian Institution. By a process of they have become sacred.