Secularization Refers to the Historical

question 96

Multiple Choice

Secularization refers to the historical

• A) increase in religion and the rising importance of the sacred.
• B) decline in religion and the falling importance of the sacred.
• C) importance of religion in people's lives.
• D) concern within the church about the high rate of social change.

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Definitions:

Contrasting Effects

Refers to the phenomenon where different stimuli or conditions produce opposite or varying outcomes in behavior or responses.

Adolescent Development

The physical, psychological, and social growth and changes that occur during the period from puberty to legal adulthood.

Gradual

Occurring in small stages, degrees, or increments; not sudden or rapid.

Primary Sexual Characteristic

Primary sexual characteristics are the biological and anatomical features present at birth and directly involved in reproduction, such as the ovaries in females and the testes in males.