ARCH Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
Integral element of cult
How ppl create meaning out of exper
Construct of reality thru shared cult symbols
Elicits emots/actions
Watch movies, read books, msuic
Why? Technically waste of time
Bc makes you feel smth
Even tho totally fake - Answers Symbolsim
Smthing th stands/represents smthing else
Arbitrary - Answers Symbol
Repetitive soc prac -> sequ of symbolic activities
Song, dance, speech, gestures, manipulation of objects
Based on cult schema (formula)
Closely connect -> spec set of ideas -> usu encoded in myth
Have set of defined goals
Soc, politic, religious, econ, etc - Answers Ritual
Rites of passage
Rites of propitiation
Rites of intensification
Rites of instrumentality
Rites of reversal/rebellion - Answers Types of rituals
Mark/facilitate transition btwn soc states
Involve sep, liminality, reincorp
Need to sep you fr who you were
,Liminal -> place of neither, transformative
Reincorp -> integrate you into+acknowledge new soc role
Ex: graduation+commencement
Quasi-adult to full adult
Fam+friends come -> congrats on new status
May not have practical effect -> but psychosoc effect
Schema:
Dress funny
Play pomp and circumstance
Tassels
Speaker says the same things
Walk on platform -> get diploma fr authority fig
Symbolically crossing over into adulthoodR - Answers Rites of passage
Celebrate/sanctify existing soc/cult/political struc
Ex: Thanksgiving -> celebrate idea of Americanness, re-enact past - Answers Rites of
intensification
Intended to receive favor/blessings fr higher power (sacred or secular)
Ex: prayer - Answers Rites of propitiation
Designed to achieve specific religious, econ, personal end
Make smthing happ
Ex: rain dance - Answers Rites of instrumentality
Inversion of sociocult norms
Safety valve, restore, reinforce existing status quo
Ex: powerpuff football - Answers Rites of reversal/rebellion
Logical connection between word used+concept/thing - Answers Logographs
No obvious connection between symbol and word/concept it represents - Answers Ideographs
, Symbol codes for entire syllable
Ex: symbol for "cu" - Answers Syllabic writing
Symbol stands for phoneme units of sound
Ex: F for fff sound - Answers Alphabetical writing
Processual-func
Evolutionary
Marxist - Answers Processual type theories
Gen patts of cult devel (evolution/nat or cult laws)
Foc on scientific approach
Ecology, econ, adaptation, settlement, patt, subsistence - Answers Processual-func theory
Cult change is driven/result of same forces th influ bio orgms - Answers Evolutionary theory
Foc on understand cult change as contradictions between soc struc+means of production
(espec tech)
Inherent conflict/tension
Foc on interrelatedness of diff cult elements
But adopts bottom-up perspex
Changes in means of production (how food/resources are acquired espec tech) impact other
aspects of soc (soc struc, religion, etc) - Answers Marxist theory
Foc on specific cult context (not gen laws)
Foc on ideology/meaning over adaptation
Issues of ID, gender, religion, etc
Active role of mat cult in shaping cult change - Answers Cog-processual gen theory traits
Study of ways of past cult thot using mat remains
Foc on symbolism, use rigorous methods
Cult change=product of symbolic elements of mat cult
ID, gender, religious belief, etc - Answers Cog theory
Integral element of cult
How ppl create meaning out of exper
Construct of reality thru shared cult symbols
Elicits emots/actions
Watch movies, read books, msuic
Why? Technically waste of time
Bc makes you feel smth
Even tho totally fake - Answers Symbolsim
Smthing th stands/represents smthing else
Arbitrary - Answers Symbol
Repetitive soc prac -> sequ of symbolic activities
Song, dance, speech, gestures, manipulation of objects
Based on cult schema (formula)
Closely connect -> spec set of ideas -> usu encoded in myth
Have set of defined goals
Soc, politic, religious, econ, etc - Answers Ritual
Rites of passage
Rites of propitiation
Rites of intensification
Rites of instrumentality
Rites of reversal/rebellion - Answers Types of rituals
Mark/facilitate transition btwn soc states
Involve sep, liminality, reincorp
Need to sep you fr who you were
,Liminal -> place of neither, transformative
Reincorp -> integrate you into+acknowledge new soc role
Ex: graduation+commencement
Quasi-adult to full adult
Fam+friends come -> congrats on new status
May not have practical effect -> but psychosoc effect
Schema:
Dress funny
Play pomp and circumstance
Tassels
Speaker says the same things
Walk on platform -> get diploma fr authority fig
Symbolically crossing over into adulthoodR - Answers Rites of passage
Celebrate/sanctify existing soc/cult/political struc
Ex: Thanksgiving -> celebrate idea of Americanness, re-enact past - Answers Rites of
intensification
Intended to receive favor/blessings fr higher power (sacred or secular)
Ex: prayer - Answers Rites of propitiation
Designed to achieve specific religious, econ, personal end
Make smthing happ
Ex: rain dance - Answers Rites of instrumentality
Inversion of sociocult norms
Safety valve, restore, reinforce existing status quo
Ex: powerpuff football - Answers Rites of reversal/rebellion
Logical connection between word used+concept/thing - Answers Logographs
No obvious connection between symbol and word/concept it represents - Answers Ideographs
, Symbol codes for entire syllable
Ex: symbol for "cu" - Answers Syllabic writing
Symbol stands for phoneme units of sound
Ex: F for fff sound - Answers Alphabetical writing
Processual-func
Evolutionary
Marxist - Answers Processual type theories
Gen patts of cult devel (evolution/nat or cult laws)
Foc on scientific approach
Ecology, econ, adaptation, settlement, patt, subsistence - Answers Processual-func theory
Cult change is driven/result of same forces th influ bio orgms - Answers Evolutionary theory
Foc on understand cult change as contradictions between soc struc+means of production
(espec tech)
Inherent conflict/tension
Foc on interrelatedness of diff cult elements
But adopts bottom-up perspex
Changes in means of production (how food/resources are acquired espec tech) impact other
aspects of soc (soc struc, religion, etc) - Answers Marxist theory
Foc on specific cult context (not gen laws)
Foc on ideology/meaning over adaptation
Issues of ID, gender, religion, etc
Active role of mat cult in shaping cult change - Answers Cog-processual gen theory traits
Study of ways of past cult thot using mat remains
Foc on symbolism, use rigorous methods
Cult change=product of symbolic elements of mat cult
ID, gender, religious belief, etc - Answers Cog theory
