What Is Religiosity

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Multiple Choice

What is religiosity?

• A) a measure of the diversity of religion within a society
• B) a measure of the variety of religious experiences a person may have over the course of his lifetime
• C) the extent of a person's commitment to a religion
• D) the percentage of a population that practices the religion they were born into
• E) the degree to which religion can provide solutions to everyday problems

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.