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

In the 21st century, a study released findings to the public that increasing rates of autism were related to vaccinations. This study caused a moral panic across the world as medical professionals and parents sought to determine if this relationship was true. This study was later discovered to have elements of scientific misconduct. The fact that this deviance was discovered supports Ben-Yehuda's theory on examining science for deviance.

Discuss the how the labelling of some religions as deviant is influenced by the amount of integration into social activity and the popularity of the religion. Provide examples to support your answer.

Explain why there is a greater level of tension between the Jehovah's Witnesses and the larger society, than the Seventh-Day Adventists and the larger society. In your answer, refer to specific characteristics of these religious groups and how these groups have changed over time.

The phenomenon by which clinical drug research is done by commercial centres hired by pharmaceutical companies is known as