All of the following are features of cults that make them attractive to new members except
a. providing a supportive community.
b. emphasis on immediate experience and emotional gratification.
c. emphasis on authority.
d. creating stronger ties between members and their nonmember families.
e. offering authenticity and naturalness.
Question 2According to Bales, problems that involve the maintenance of individual satisfaction, the handling of disagreements, and the handling of related matters are known as ____.
a. social-emotional problems
b. goal displacement
c. instrumental problems
d. interaction problems
e. status upheavals
Question 3According to researchers cited in the text, new religious movements emerge because
a. they resolve a sense of moral ambiguity in modern industrial society.
b. they are a consequence of the excessive emphasis on altruism in American Protestantism.
c. they are geared toward people whose heritage comes from agriculture.
d. they are an outgrowth of the frontier movement.
e. there is too much emphasis on the church as a supportive community in the traditional denominations from which their converts come.
Question 4Bales identified two basic types of problems that must be solved by any social system. Problems that are directly related to achieving the goals of the group are called ____.
a. normal problems
b. social-emotional problems
c. instrumental problems
d. ancillary problems
e. conflicts
Question 5Which of the following is not a characteristic of Scientology?
a. Its doctrine includes a belief in reincarnation.
b. Its followers claim to be able to perform mental and physical healing.
c. It was developed by a writer of science fiction.
d. It tolerates a high degree of nonconformity among its followers.
e. It has been described as a combination of medicine and religion.
Question 6The goals of the group and the needs of the individual
a. are always the same.
b. are sometimes in conflict with each other.
c. cannot be met at the same time.
d. are both called instrumental problems.
e. are generally not the same,
Question 7Which of the following is not characteristic of the Unification Church?
a. Total conformity is expected of its members.
b. Its theology is a combination of Protestantism and anti-communism.
c. It encourages a relaxed sense of morality.
d. It endorses many basic American values.
e. Its assets include the Washington Times and the University of Bridgeport.
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