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Arch Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers
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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 Answer: Symbolsim
Smthing th stands/represents smthing else
Arbitrary Answer: 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
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Have set of defined goals
Soc, politic, religious, econ, etc Answer: Ritual
Rites of passage
Rites of propitiation
Rites of intensification
Rites of instrumentality
Rites of reversal/rebellion Answer: 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
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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 Answer: Rites of
passage
Celebrate/sanctify existing soc/cult/political struc
Ex: Thanksgiving -> celebrate idea of Americanness, re-enact past
Answer: Rites of intensification
Intended to receive favor/blessings fr higher power (sacred or
secular)
Ex: prayer Answer: Rites of propitiation
Designed to achieve specific religious, econ, personal end
Make smthing happ
Ex: rain dance Answer: Rites of instrumentality
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Arch Exam 3 Questions with Correct Answers
| Updated (100% Correct Answers)
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 Answer: Symbolsim
Smthing th stands/represents smthing else
Arbitrary Answer: 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
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Have set of defined goals
Soc, politic, religious, econ, etc Answer: Ritual
Rites of passage
Rites of propitiation
Rites of intensification
Rites of instrumentality
Rites of reversal/rebellion Answer: 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
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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 Answer: Rites of
passage
Celebrate/sanctify existing soc/cult/political struc
Ex: Thanksgiving -> celebrate idea of Americanness, re-enact past
Answer: Rites of intensification
Intended to receive favor/blessings fr higher power (sacred or
secular)
Ex: prayer Answer: Rites of propitiation
Designed to achieve specific religious, econ, personal end
Make smthing happ
Ex: rain dance Answer: Rites of instrumentality
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