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The increasing influence of medicine and psychiatry in our society has resulted in a phenomenon known as __________, which describes behavior in terms of health and illness, rather than morality.

a. stigma
b. retrospective labeling
c. the medicalization of deviance
d. differential association theory

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Answer:

c. the medicalization of deviance

Explanation:

This phenomenon refers to a process whereby different factors such as obesity, racism, mental disorder, gambling, sexual preference, etc are labelled under medical jurisdiction.

This is as a result of the increasing influence of medicine and psychiatry where behavior in terms of health and illness are described, rather than morality.

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