Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe the role of corporatization in scientific misconduct

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The answer of Describe the role of corporatization in scientific...

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) Christianity 
B) the doctrine of the federal New Democratic Party 
C) astronomy 
D) Islam 
E) religions (e.g., Christianity, Islam), the doctrine of political parties (e.g., New Democratic Party), and branches of science (e.g, astronomy) all constitute belief systems

Question 4

According to Foucault (1980),a relationship exists between knowledge claims,power,and

Accepted Answer

A) the resulting influence that those knowledge claims have on society 
B) the resistance of people to the exertion of that power. 
C) deviance in science 
D) deviant science 
E) fraudulent science

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The blurring of boundaries between religious and political belief systems can be perceived as religion as a social typer of deviance as well as religion as deviance,depending on one's point of view.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

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The answer of List the five components of the population...

Question 8

Unlike religious belief systems,scientific belief systems proclaim "truths".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Scientific misconduct occurs more frequently in biomedical fields.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The conservative nature of the scientific community contributes to those instances where real sciences are initially perceived as deviant sciences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which religious group has been perceived as evil,dangerous and a threat to the social order?

Accepted Answer

A) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 
B) Catholics 
C) Branch Davidians 
D) Protestants 
E) every religious group in the world has been perceived this way in some societies and at some points in time

Question 12

Which of the following statements about the witch persecutions is true?

Accepted Answer

A) the Christian church was directly responsible for the arrest and trial of witches throughout Europe 
B) one of the arenas for witch hunts was regions where there were peasant rebellions 
C) women who were financially independent had enough power within their communities to avoid accusations of witchcraft 
D) in every region of Europe, women were more likely than men to be persecuted 
E) all of the statements listed above accurately describe the witch persecutions

Question 13

Empirical research has found a relationship between religiosity and

Accepted Answer

A) positive attitudes toward school. 
B) older age of first sexual intercourse. 
C) positive attitudes toward a wider range of others. 
D) earlier age at first marriage. 
E) communalism.

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The horrors of Nazi Germany led the Canadian federal government and provincial governments to immediately halt their eugenics programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is a characteristic of The Family of Love?

Accepted Answer

A) "flirty fishing" 
B) antagonism toward patriotic symbols, such as flags 
C) celibacy 
D) a required period of service in the nation's military 
E) complete segregation from the outside world

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) the normative structure of science 
B) junk science 
C) cooking 
D) post-academic science 
E) pseudo-science

Question 20

"Science" consists of

Accepted Answer

A) belief systems. 
B) technologies. 
C) claims about the nature of reality. 
D) ethical/moral claims. 
E) belief systems, technologies, claims about the nature of reality, and ethical/moral claims.

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

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.

Describe the role of corporatization in scientific misconduct

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

According to Foucault (1980) ,a relationship exists between knowledge claims,power,and

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

The blurring of boundaries between religious and political belief systems can be perceived as religion as a social typer of deviance as well as religion as deviance,depending on one's point of view.

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

Unlike religious belief systems,scientific belief systems proclaim "truths".

Scientific misconduct occurs more frequently in biomedical fields.

The conservative nature of the scientific community contributes to those instances where real sciences are initially perceived as deviant sciences.

Which religious group has been perceived as evil,dangerous and a threat to the social order?

Which of the following statements about the witch persecutions is true?

Empirical research has found a relationship between religiosity and

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.

The horrors of Nazi Germany led the Canadian federal government and provincial governments to immediately halt their eugenics programs.

Which of the following is a characteristic of The Family of Love?

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

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

"Science" consists of