topic 16

Question 1

religios belief

Answer 1

AD establishing pattern and trends
AD validity Fx belief in god is central to many religions thus effective way to measure religion
DI val and reliability -operationalization
BSAS leading question “what is your religion ?”
DI social desirabilty bias
jones and elliot use of fake polygraph

Question 2

religiosity

Answer 2

AD validity -multidimensional
AD validity- allows for the changing nature of religion
itc complex enough to keep up with these fluctuations
DI validity and reliability-operationalization
BSAS leading question
DI validity religious belief or membership of a relig5ious community- Day being a Christian and having Christian beliefs

Question 3

belief without belonging davie

Answer 3

Ad validity explains the strength of RE in the face of apparent secularization
AD validity allows sociologist to understand privatized and individualized religion
DI valand rel-operationalisation
DI val-social desirability bias