BEHV 5613 MIDTERM EXAM | FREQUENTLY
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
Imponderable factors of ethical decision making - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > -Moral awareness
-Perception
-Judgement
-Discrimination
-Character
Generally speaking, men tend towards an ethics of justice... - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > while women tend towards an ethics of care
What did Skinner say about feelings - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -They are
a function of our leaning history
-They are real
-They are measurable
-They are valid
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Typically, men care most that everyone is treated the same... -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > while women care most that no one is hurt.
Ethical Dilemma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Right v. right decisions
where two moral values are in conflict.
3 ways to misreport truth - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -We report things
happened that did not (not accurate)
-We don't report the entire truth or we leave out important
details (not complete)
-We obscure a relevant an important truth with other less
important truths. (not relevant)
5 Reasons to show loyalty - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -Monetary
-Emotional
-Tribal
-Political
-Intellectual
8 Ingredients of a successful community - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
Wholeness incorporating diversity: groups can face and resolve
difference without fragmenting.
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-A shared culture: norms and values are explicit and there are
many opportunities to express values in relevant action.
-Good internal communication: people believe they can have
their say.
-Caring, trust, and teamwork: members are nurtured and
protected which leds to a feeling that everybody wins.
-Group maintenance and government: formal government and
nongovernmental leadership.
-Participation and the sharing of leadership tasks: leadership
tasks are shared such that there is individual involvement in the
pursuit of shared purpose.
-Development of young people: all generations take
responsibility of the well-being of their group.
-Links with the outside world: no isolation
According to Aitai Etzioni, "it is through community that we find
reinforcement for... - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > our moral inclinations and
provide reinforcement to our fellow human beings."
On the topic of justice v. mercy, Rawls talks about love being fine
when only one person is in focus... - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > however,
"the difficulty is that the love of several persons is thrown into
confusion once the claims of these persons are in conflict," it is
in this case that justice must rise above mercy.
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Dilemmas that involve counting - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -Short-term
v. long-term
-Self v. community
Dilemmas that involve character - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -Truth v.
loyalty
-Justice v. mercy
The dichotomy between science and the humanities, objective
and subjective is a type of ... - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > dualism that is
enforced by the two part aptitude exams for college bound
students in the USA.
Trilemma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A third course of action which
forms the middle ground between two less acceptable solutions.
Most satisfactory way to solve ethical dilemmas - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > By finding a middle ground between subjective and
objective.
9 Checkpoints for ethical decision-making - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
Recognize that there is a moral issue
-Determine the actor
-Gather the relevant facts