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Religion as Expressive Culture
True/False Quiz
1
Religion has sometimes been viewed as a "projective system," a system of meanings that reveal its followers' psychological preoccupations and stresses.
A)
True
B)
False
2
In Sherpa symbolism, there is a fourfold division of reality.
A)
True
B)
False
3
According to Robin Horton, religion is an effort to reduce the complexity of the world around us to a simpler system of comprehensible ideas.
A)
True
B)
False
4
According to the text, religion's equivalent to scientific laws are anthropomorphic beings.
A)
True
B)
False
5
According to the Murngin people of Australia, their sacred ceremonies and songs were learned from a great Python Yurlunggur.
A)
True
B)
False
6
According to George Gmelch, outfielders are more likely to engage in religious-like "superstitious" rituals than are pitchers.
A)
True
B)
False
7
Religion also functions to promote stronger motivation in individuals to cooperate with other members of the religious community and to participate in customs of society that they might otherwise not support.
A)
True
B)
False
8
Mazeway resynthesis is a process in which a person reorganizes his system of values and his understanding of his own identity, the nature of human society, and the nature of the natural environment.
A)
True
B)
False
9
Freud's interpretation of religion as a form of neurosis has been supported by modern research.
A)
True
B)
False
10
Anger may occur as an alternative to the other four distressful emotions.
A)
True
B)
False
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