This assignment will assess the competency 10 c, d
Directions: In a one to a two-page essay, address the questions below. Your essay should be double spaced and use 12 point Times New Roman font
(black). Write in your own words, and avoid plagiarism by citing paraphrased material using APA Style. Visit the Library’s Writing Center for APA style
guidelines.
Define religion and cult
Research Jonestown (The Peoples Temple). Summarize the events.
Describe if you feel that the Peoples Temple was a religion or a cult.
Apply one of the three sociological perspectives to religion (Conflict Theory, Functionalism, or Symbolic Interactionism)
STUDY key terms. Match the terms below to the appropriate definition. We’ll use these terms within our discussions and assignments:
- Sociology is:
- The Sociological Imagination:
- Conflict Theory is:
- Functionalism is:
a. The way inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power
b. the study of groups and group interactions, societies and social interactions
c. an awareness of the relationship between a person’s behavior and experience and the wider culture that shaped the person’s choices and
perceptions. It’s a way of seeing our own and other people’s behavior in relationship to history and social structure
d. The way each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole