Exam 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance

In practice, the Alberta Eugenics Board attached the label of "mental defective" to people with low IQs, people who had "immoral" lifestyles, immigrants who were unable to speak English, and even young women who were gang-raped.

Explain why concerns about science as a social typer of deviance have emerged, and describe two historical and two contemporary examples that illustrate these concerns.

A belief is something thought to be true, regardless of whether it is supported by scientific evidence.

Describe the role of corporatization in scientific misconduct

The Canadian residential schooling policy

"Science" consists of

According to scientific research on cults, the public concerns that emerge as a consequence of popular images of cults are entirely unfounded.

Which of the following is an example of a belief system?

Describe the criticisms that are directed at the traditional typology that distinguishes between churches, sects, and cults.

The media, including its use of the Internet, create a moral panic in their coverage of cults, in part due to the media's profit motive.

List the five components of the population prevention approach to controlling scientific misconduct

Discuss the relationship between religion and state. When religion has a direct influence on state what are the impact of this relationship? There can be both positive and negative outcomes that happen.

When a science's belief system and/or technologies are significantly called into question as a whole, __________ exists.

Some sociologists study science as a social typer of deviance. Which of the following is an example of this approach to deviance research?

Within the normative structure of science (Merton, 1973), the norm of disinterestedness means that scientific work is done in the name of "truth."

If research is released and it is determined that there is a clear androcentric bias to the information, this would be a violation of which of Merton's norms of science?

In a survey of more than 2,000 researchers, what proportion of incidents of scientific misconduct of which they were personally aware, had been reported to someone?

Even "objective" science is intertwined with ethical and moral claims.

Select an example of a contemporary social issue that is infused with arguments that relate to social Darwinism and possibly eugenics. What social factors may be at play that allow this type of discourse to begin?

George recently began a new sales job where taking clients out and partying was considered part of the role. He regularly found parties with excessive drinking and other deviant activities and brought his clients there to socialize and get into their favour. He was starting to find himself losing control and partying to the extreme and his family is becoming concerned. This occupational deviance is best understood using: