MCQs of Sociology -Religion Education and Health

Durkheim,s famous definition of religion includes three main elements Which of these is not one of the three?
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Ludwig Feuerbach,s views on the alienation involved in transferring human values and ideas onto gods and spirits as distinct from human societies influenced the ideas of which classical sociologist?

What concept does Durkheim use to explain how religious ceremonies generate social solidarity?

Weber,s famous study The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904/5) was part of a larger project to study what?

Which is the oldest of the world religions being at least 6,000 years old?

How has Grace Davie (1994) characterized the general religious position within Western Europe?

Which of the following is with 20 million adherents the largest non-Christian faith in Europe?

According to Steve Bruce (1996) which of the following was a factor in generating strong religious commitment in the USA as compared to Europe?

What is religious fundamentalism?

Who theorized that we might be witnessing the clash of civilizations?

Of which of the following according to Marx does religion provide an example?

According to Durkheim religion separates objects and symbols into the sacred and which of the following?

The emphasis on the relationship between religion and which ONE of the following is distinctive to Weber,s study of religion?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ethical religions?

Which is the most recently established of the greatest world religions?

Which term describes religious organization of a loosely knit and transient kind?

Charismatic leaders build a following based upon which of the following?

New age movements are an example of which type of religious movement?

Which term describes the process whereby religion looses its influence over various spheres of social life?

In Which of these countries is Orthodox Christianity the dominant religion?

Which of these best describes Islamic revivalism in the contemporary world?

What sociological approach argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organization in competition with one another for followers ?

What is education?

Which one of the following is not part of Bowles and Ginits,s (1976) Marxist thesis on schooling under capitalism?

According to Bourdieu cultural capital exists in three forms Which one of the following is not one of the three?

Many sociologists argue that older theories of inherited intelligence and IQ tests have been discredited What concept did Gillborn and Youdell (2001) find had replaced of IQ in many Uk schools?

Eucation is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described?

What is an education system in which children achieve their status based on their own worth called?

Which of the following is not likely to explain differences in exclusion rates from school between pupils from different social class and ethnic backgrounds?

In which of these regions is public education expenditure lowest?

Which group of learners does the university of the third age serve?

According to lllich which one of the following is NOT transmitted through the hidden curriculum?

In studying inequalities in education which skills did Bernstein concentrate upon?

What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called?

Bernstein though that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because.

Bourdieu attributed the reproduction of class to.

The correspondence principle (Bowles & Gintis) suggests that.

One purpose of education is to help students acquire the skills they need to be successful in society This is an example of a(n)

The term ______ refers to the socially shared and organized ways of thinking feeling and acting that concern ultimate meanings about the existence of the supernatural or “beyond”

Simple supernaturalism.

Of the two types of religious organizations that have a negative relationship with society which one accepts pluralistic legitimacy?

The secularization thesis.

Karl Marx saw religion as.

______ is a relatively permanent change in behaviour or capability that results from experience.

Research indicates that effective schools.

Which of the following is NOT a function of education?

The statement that “the social relations of work find expression in the social relation of school ” reflects.

Educational self-fulfilling prophecies.

The interaction between physician and patient.

Which of the following does NOT account for the rise in the cost of health care?

Symbolic interactionists.

in Durkheim,s work the term collective representations refers to.

Weber said that the spirit of capitalism could be traced back to.

Secularization involves the two related ideas of.

An ecclesia is.

A sect is organised around.

The shift form civil religion to common religion means that.

World-affirming religions.

Which of the following -perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion?

Which sociological perspective emphasizes the integrative power of religion in human society?

Max Weber,s pioneering work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is an example of.

Which sociological perspective argues that to whatever extent religion actually does influence social behaviour it reinfroces existing patterns of dominance and inequality?

Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine These are ___________ functions or religion.

In a society with a (n) ___________ the political and religious institutions often act in harmony and mutually reinforce each other,s powers over their relative spheres of influence.

Which one of the following is the most basic manifest function of education?

The teacher-expectancy effect is most closely associated with the.