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

Sects tend to have more traditional beliefs while cults tend to have more novel beliefs, which create differences in the level of tension that exists with the larger society.

Which of the following religious groups is the least likely to be socially typed as "deviant" within the society in which they exist?

Estimates are that more than half of Aboriginal children in residential schools were physically or sexually abused.

Research on the prevalence of scientific misconduct concludes that it is relatively rare.

Describe how churches and the federal government have responded to the legacy of residential schooling.

A survey of more than 2,000 researchers revealed that more than one-third of incidents of scientific misconduct of which they were personally aware were never reported to anyone.

Describe the normative structure of science, according to Merton (1973), and explain the relationship between that structure and scientific misconduct.

The groups that use the word "cult" to refer to very specific religious groups that have "destructive" characteristics are

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

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

Population prevention approaches are effective at controlling both university binge drinking and scientific misconduct.

Which of the following is an illustration of science acting as a social typer of deviance?

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

The Taliban is an example of a religious sect that has broken off from a larger "church".

The level of tension with the larger society that is experienced by a particular sect is determined by

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

Analyze the experience of the witch hunts throughout Europe. Identify the social factors influencing this social experience. Apply the elements you see happening in the witch hunt and apply the experience to possible 'witchhunts' we could see in today's world.

Which of the following is an example of ecclesia?

In popular discourse, which of the following religious groups is typically socially typed as "deviant"?

Historically and today, scientists are able to support their claims to evolutionary differences among the races using real science.