Module 2

Question 1

literal meaning is “good creation”; also known as racial hygiene

Answer 1

eugenics

Question 2

Eugenics is coined by ___ in 1883 in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and
Its Development

Answer 2

Francis Galton

Question 3

is the science which deals with all influences that improve the inborn qualities
of a race; also, with those that develop them to the utmost advantage (Galton,
1904).

Answer 3

eugenics

Question 4

two types of eugenics

Answer 4

Positive eugenics and Negative eugenics

Question 5

promotes reproduction by individuals with ostensibly
superior characteristics or traits

Answer 5

Positive eugenics

Question 6

prevention of reproduction by individuals that are
considered unfit or with undesirable qualities

Answer 6

Negative eugenics

Question 7

assumptions of eugenics

Answer 7

a. Heritability of traits
b. The degeneration of the gene pool

Question 8

What made it possible for eugenics to emerge, spread and develop?

Answer 8

 Influence of the scientific community
 Establishment of eugenics organizations and legislations
 Role of education
 Influence of popular culture

Question 9

What are the implications of eugenicist thinking on social interaction?

Answer 9

 Horror, misery, mayhem on individual and social levels.
Examples: The
Holocaust in Germany, Forced Sterilization in America

 Discrimination, marginalization, ostracization, racism

Question 10

Which
specific social groups are adversely affected by eugenicist thinking?

Answer 10

Affected are those with hereditary conditions such as mental illness, epilepsy,
feeblemindedness or physical deformities, the poor, and those labeled as “inferior” races.

Question 11

A body of knowledge that claims to be based on scientific arguments, but
these arguments do not comply with strict scientific standards

Answer 11

pseudoscience

Question 12

characteristics of pseudoscientific knowledge

Answer 12

a. Lack of falsifiability
b. Emphasis on confirmation rather than refutation
c. Overreliance on testimonials/ anecdotal evidence
d. Reversed burden of proof
e. Absence of self- correction
f. Use of hazy, scientific-sounding language
g. Absence of connectivity with other disciplines

Question 13

Accdg to ____, eugenics is “often deemed a pseudoscience
becausewhat is defined as a genetic improvement of a desired trait is a
cultural choice rather than a matter that can be determined through objective
scientific inquiry”.

Answer 13

Edwin Black (2012)