Which of the Following Statements About Older People and Religion

question 171

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about older people and religion is TRUE?

• A) Religious institutions provide a valuable social network to the aging.
• B) Belief in the afterlife may explain the high numbers of suicide among African American women.
• C) Faith decreases with age and experience.
• D) Religious identity is never as significant as ethnic identity in the lives of older adults.

Identify the structure and standard form of various propositions.

Recognize the implications of having categorical, hypothetical, or disjunctive conclusions for the form of the argument.

Analyze the use of conditional and connective words (e.g., if, unless, either or, without) in shaping argument forms.

Distinguish between universal, particular, and singular categorical propositions.

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Definitions:

Value Rationality

A concept in sociology and economics that refers to behavior motivated by a consistent set of ethical or ideological beliefs, as opposed to actions motivated by ends-means calculations.

Ethics

The branch of philosophy that deals with questions about morality and the principles guiding right and wrong conduct.

Affective Action

Actions motivated by feelings, emotions, or affective states rather than rational calculations or norms.

Historical

Pertaining to or concerned with the study of past events and times.