RBS EXAM 1 TEST (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) 2023/2024

RBS EXAM 1 TEST (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) 2023/2024 Content focus - CORRECT ANSWER-Clearly identify content, expert organizes logically Banking concept Objectives based on understanding learners, study contemporary life, suggestions by subject specialists Learner focus - CORRECT ANSWER-Consider the learner's preferred ways of learning and experience they brings to task Dr. P's conclusions from Content and learner focus - CORRECT ANSWER-We must consider: the learner, learner's preferred ways of learning, experiences that the learner brings to the learning task, learner's existing beliefs concerning the area of training Characteristics of a world religion - CORRECT ANSWER-Symbols Creeds Foundational stories Rituals Written texts Formal leaders institutional worship centers Characteristics and wide distribution of animism - CORRECT ANSWER-RBS never stand alone Part of a complex cultural system Individual experience, no text, no central leadership Biblical assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER-The full authority of scripture. Christ is both God and man. Spiritual reality cannot be measured physically. The Holy Spirit is active in the world and lives of Christians today. All humans are sinful in need of salvation. This only comes through faith in Christ. All Christians are involved in the call to discipleship. Ethnographic assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER-Involves observation and rational analysis of cultural phenomena. Research is a key step in understanding people. Knowledge is developed by applying the scientific method: Empirical study - Knowledge is gained through human experience. Rationalism - Truth is tested by logic rather than feelings. Scientific method Peer review evaluates if the methodology and logic were sound There is general agreement that scientific anthropology: Explores via observation Checks reliability of observations Develop models that explain observations Check the model with more observation Compare the model with other explanatory models to find the best explanation Basis for assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER-Biblical and anthropological assumptions are based on presuppositions. Biblical Assumptions are based on the premise that God exists and reveals Himself to people. He has given absolutes that apply to all people in every culture. Anthropological Assumptions use the scientific method to reach conclusions about various phenomena that can be explored through observation. These observations and conclusions are updated continually. Educational assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER-The progressive systematic communication of knowledge is structured according to learner need and educational philosophy. The structuring of education can be seen as a continuum. Pedagogy (instructor directed learning) is at one end and andragogy (learner directed learning) at the other end. Communication: structured by learner need and ed. philosophy Education is a continuum. Adult theological educational programs should be designed based on biblical content, learner need, and an accurate understanding of the overall learning context. Organizational leadership style and educational culture must be developed based on learner need and content. E. All stakeholders should be recognized and represented in the planning of educational programs. F. Effective education requires accurate ethnographic knowledge. The problem of the excluded middle - CORRECT ANSWER-Blind spot for Christians left them without answers to animistic problems Why is Western thought structure not more logical than traditional belief thought? - CORRECT ANSWER-They have the same basic pattern Tyler's contribution - CORRECT ANSWER-Early def. "belief in spiritual beings" Refined to "belief in spiritual beings thought to animate nature" Critiqued as ethnocentric, armchair anthropology (no fieldwork) Introduced useful perspective Marrett's contribution - CORRECT ANSWER-Defined animatism as "belief in an impersonal force" Tippett's contribution - CORRECT ANSWER-Power Encounter in his people movements. James Frazer - CORRECT ANSWER-Coined "magico-religion" Armchair anthro Represents evolution of religious belief (science will replace religion) Reductionist model W. H. R. Rivers - CORRECT ANSWER-Represents 3 unique histories Stratified model Malinowski - CORRECT ANSWER-SRM meet 3 needs: physical, higher powers, predictable physical achievements Developed participant observation could be integrated or stratified model known for functionalism 3 level analysis tool - CORRECT ANSWER-We get placement in three levels of worldview triangle by asking: this world or other world? Physical or nonphysical? Codrington - CORRECT ANSWER-Discovered the concept of mana The difference between spiritual personal beings/forces - CORRECT ANSWERImpersonal forces are powers that do not have wills of their own and can be manipulated by rituals. Personal spirits can be good or bad and manipulated by sacrifice and supplication. They are categorized by power, closeness, or moral will. Sorcery - CORRECT ANSWER-Use of magic with the intent of harming another person or achieving evil Witchcraft - CORRECT ANSWER-An evil power of inherent in certain people that permits them, without the use of paraphernalia, to cause harm to others Magic - CORRECT ANSWER-Transempirical forces can be controlled by ritual manipulation for evil or good. Folk religion - CORRECT ANSWER-Understanding locally defined by members of the society as cultural knowledge Priest - CORRECT ANSWER-Religious practitioner that receives authority from the religious organization Shaman - CORRECT ANSWER-A person who directly contacts the spirit world through a trance state and has one or more spirits at his command to carry out his bidding primarily for healing