A Pastor Is Founding a Community Church with a Core

question 51

Multiple Choice

A pastor is founding a community church with a core belief in gender equality.Sociological research predicts that the pastor is likely to see:

• A) women having more power in church because they are more numerous.
• B) more women engaged in church activities than men.
• C) gender equality in church engagement,because theology drives behavior.
• D) men more engaged than these data would show,because women's greater involvement in religion applies only to conservative movements.

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Definitions:

Glutamate Agonists

Substances that mimic the action of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, and can therefore enhance its activity.

Glutamate

An important neurotransmitter in the nervous system involved in memory, learning, and the regulation of the brain's excitatory signals.

Neurotoxin

A neurotoxin is a toxic substance that disrupts the normal function of nerve cells, potentially causing damage to the nervous system and leading to neurological symptoms or disorders.

Disinhibition Theory

Explanation holding that alcohol has a selective depressant effect on the brain’s frontal cortex, which controls judgment, while sparing subcortical structures responsible for more instinctual behaviors, such as desire.