Lesson 03B3.1.1
03B3.1.1 Defining religion, faith and belief Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 10
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The 20 questions
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Which sociological term describes a system of beliefs and practices concerning the sacred?
- Religion
- Ideology
- Culture
- Science
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Who famously defined religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things?
- Karl Marx
- Max Weber
- Talcott Parsons
- Émile Durkheim
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What term distinguishes things set apart and forbidden from the everyday routine?
- Mundane
- Sacred
- Secular
- Profane
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What term did Durkheim use for the ordinary, everyday aspects of life devoid of religious meaning?
- Supernatural
- Sacred
- Profane
- Divine
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Which type of definition of religion focuses on what religion actually does for society?
- Substantive
- Functional
- Phenomenological
- Critical
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Which type of definition of religion focuses on the specific content and belief in a supernatural God?
- Substantive
- Structural
- Operational
- Functional
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Which sociologist is most closely associated with a substantive definition of religion involving belief in gods?
- Karl Marx
- Bronislaw Malinowski
- Émile Durkheim
- Max Weber
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What broad mental acceptance of a proposition as true, without necessarily involving rituals, is called?
- Belief
- Worship
- Communion
- Religion
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Which concept denotes complete trust or confidence in someone or something, often without empirical proof?
- Fact
- Logic
- Evidence
- Faith
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A researcher classifies Buddhism as religious despite lacking a personal creator god. Which definition style is used?
- Substantive
- Functional
- Exclusivist
- Narrow
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An analyst excludes any worldview that does not feature a supreme deity. Which definition is being applied?
- Inclusive
- Substantive
- Broad
- Functional
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Which measurement issue arises when researchers impose Western, Christian concepts of religion onto other cultures?
- Ethnocentrism
- Positivism
- Triangulation
- Stratification
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Grace Davie used which phrase to describe modern UK religious attitudes where personal faith persists without churchgoing?
- Believing without belonging
- Belonging without believing
- Rational choice
- Secular fundamentalism
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Which term describes a civil religion where national values take on sacred, quasi-religious properties?
- Civil religion
- Fundamentalism
- Ecclesia
- Substantive faith
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If a sociologist measures belief using self-report questionnaires, what validity problem might occur due to social desirability?
- Invalidity
- Random error
- Sampling bias
- Attritional loss
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Why is defining religion sociologically considered conceptually difficult?
- Cultural diversity
- Universal consensus
- Mathematical precision
- Fixed boundaries
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Which methodological approach attempts to understand religion from the viewpoint of the believer?
- Phenomenology
- Reductionism
- Positivism
- Functionalism
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What key limitation plagues functional definitions of religion according to critics?
- Ethnocentrism
- Empiricism
- Over-inclusiveness
- Narrowness
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What key criticism is frequently levelled against substantive definitions of religion?
- Over-inclusiveness
- Atheism
- Objective neutrality
- Ethnocentric bias
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Which sociological perspective argues religion is simply a set of illusions serving elite interests?
- Feminism
- Functionalism
- Postmodernism
- Marxism
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