Discuss the Relationship of Beliefs in a Culture and Religions

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Essay

Discuss the relationship of beliefs in a culture and religions (belief systems)in this question: Does a culture adopt a religion because its values are similar to the culture's values,or does a religion supply the values to a culture? Choose a specific culture that has had more than one dominant religion in its history. Keep your answer focused on a whole culture,not individual personal religious views.

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Definitions:

Second-Order Conditioning

A form of conditioning in which a stimulus that has been conditioned as a reinforcer is used to condition a second stimulus, establishing a chain of associations.

Associative Conditioning

A learning process in which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.

Inner Causes

Internal factors or motivations that drive an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Subjective Feelings

Personal experiences and emotions that are unique to an individual and influenced by personal perceptions and interpretations.