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

Describe how the institutional logics governing the regulation of scientific misconduct have changed over time,and explain the events and/or assumptions that underlie each of the logics.

The anti-cult movement and the media portrayal of violent and extreme religious groups arguably created ________ at various points in time.

Jehovah's Witnesses are frequently categorized as a denominational sect,while Seventh-Day Adventists are categorized as an established sect.

Which of the following is an example of ecclesia?

A scientist who adds in a few missing variables in a manner that supports and improves their results and then justifies the action by denying that this small change would hurt anyone is engaging in which of Sykes and Matza's techniques of neutralization?

Which of the following statements about the labelling of religious groups is true?

In contemporary society,the medicalization of "too fat" and "too thin" is an example of science acting as a social typer of deviance.

In the Soviet Union,all religious groups were socially typed as "deviant" and made subject to social control.

According to Wright (1997),why is media coverage of cults distorted and selective?

Counter-cult groups identify Catholicism,Islam,Buddhism,and Hinduism as "cults".

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

Describe what social Darwinism is,and explain how it is related to the social typing of deviance.

Distinguish among the characteristics of ecclesia,churches,sects,and cults.

An informal sanction that might be experienced by a pharmaceutical company for failing to provide important results might be a monetary fine.

Which of the following has been applied in explanations of scientific misconduct?

What was the central goal of the eugenics movement?

Using specific examples,discuss the ways that the more "objective" characteristics of statistical rarity,harm,normative violation,and societal reaction are involved with the social typing of "deviant" religions.