Part one of term paper
In the last two decades studies on the correlates of have proliferated (Hertel, et al., 1974; Renzi, 1975; Granberg, 1978; McIntosh, et al., 1979; D'Antonio and Stack, 1980; Benin, 1985; Harris and Mills, 1985; McCutcheon, 1987; Jelen, 1988). Although these studies have clarified which variables are related to , the reasons for these relatio ...

Part two of term paper
... (a) attitudinal consistency, (b) structural factors, and (c) social interaction in attitude formation. Specifically, in addition to examining the structural effects of demographic control variables on , the notion of ritual interaction, stemming from the writings of Collins (1981), Durkheim (1912/1954), and Goffman (1967), will be used to examine the effects of religiosity, feminism, and conservativism on . I will show that there is not only a direct relationship, as many prior studies assert, but a ...