Ethical Institutions MCQs

Ethical Institutions MCQs

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1: Which one of these is not included inCognitive Biases?

A.   Fundamental Attribution error

B.   Non confirmation bias

C.   Escalation of commitment

D.   Status quo bias

2: Random errors that result in suboptimal decisions are known as Cognitive biases.

A.   True

B.   Flase

3: The cognitive bias in which one places too much emphasis on information that confirms one’s existing beliefs, while _____ disconfirming information.

A.   Ignoring

B.   Dismissing

C.   Disregard

D.   All of the above

4: Dual process theory is a theory that proposes that _____ are separate and occur in different parts of the brain.

A.   Intuition

B.   Reasoning

C.   Irrational

D.   Both a and b

5: Escalation of commitment is the cognitive bias in which one continues following a course of action because of a commitment to that course, even though continuing to follow the course will lead to _____ outcomes.

A.   Positive

B.   Negative

C.   Both a and b

D.   None of the above

6: In Ethical intuitions,Intuitions take actions that detriment others.

A.   True

B.   False

7: Thinking that is _____ called Fast Thinking?

A.   Effortless

B.   Intuitive

C.   Effortless

D.   All of the above

8: Fast thinking is also known as system 1 thinking.

A.   True

B.   False

9: In Fundamental attribution error,the cognitive bias in which one attributes another person’s _____ to their internal characteristics while ignoring external factors.

A.   Behavior

B.   Performance

C.   Misbehavior

D.   Both a and b

10: Heuristics are the decision making shortcuts or “rules of thumb,” found in _____ thinking.

A.   Fast

B.   Slow

C.   Both a and b

D.   None of the above

11: Integrated theory is a theory that sees fast and slow thinking as originating from a _____ fast thinking occurs first and is predominant, and slow thinking justifies the decisions of fast thinking.

A.   Single System

B.   Two Systems

C.   Three Systems

D.   Four Systems

12: Which one of the statements is not true for Integrated theory:

A.   Fast thinking occurs first

B.   Fast thinking occurs last

C.   Fast thinking is predominant

D.   Slow thinking justifies the decisions of fast thinking

13: Self interest is the motivation to take actions that benefit oneself.

A.   True

B.   False

14: Slow thinking is the thinking that is _____ ?

A.   Controlled and Deliberate

B.   Effortful

C.   Involving reasoning

D.   All of the above

15: The cognitive bias in which one prefers to maintain the _____ of affairs even when a change of course should be considered.

A.   Current state

B.   Previous state

C.   Future state

D.   Desired state

16: Stereotype is the cognitive bias in which one has a generalized belief about people of a particular social category.

A.   True

B.   Flase

17: Jonathan Haidt suggests that people make the Dalai Lama into a “rock star” not because of rational arguments but because of the ______ the Dalai Lama elicits to sympathize with victims of tragedies and be concerned with the plight of strangers.

A.   Cognitions

B.   Intentions

C.   Emotions

D.   Ethical egoism

18: People use ______ thinking much less frequently than they do ______ thinking.

A.   Virtue; deontological

B.   Deontological; teleological

C.   Fast; slow

D.   Slow; fast

19: Slow thinking is considered to be what system of decision making?

A.   System 1

B.   System 2

C.   System 3

D.   System 4

20: In Walter Mischel’s famous 1963 ______ experiments, children were offered an appetizing treat and told they could either eat it immediately or wait and have two portions later.

A.   Social exchange

B.   Birthday cake

C.   Social learning

D.   Marshmallow

21: Research shows the amount to which people cheat can increase with ______, or the distance between people physically, socially, or in time.

A.   Vortex placement

B.   Psychological distance

C.   Locus of influence

D.   Social webbing

22: ______ occurs when we attribute someone else’s behavior or performance to their internal characteristics while ignoring external factors.

A.   Escalation of commitment

B.   Status quo bias

C.   Confirmation bias

D.   Fundamental attribution error

23: ______ is the preference to maintain the current state of affairs even when a change of course should be considered.

A.   Escalation of commitment

B.   Status quo bias

C.   Confirmation bias

D.   Fundamental attribution error

24: ______ is the inclination to continue following a course of action because of a commitment to that course, even though continuing to follow the course will lead to negative outcomes.

A.   Escalation of commitment

B.   Status quo bias

C.   Confirmation bias

D.   Fundamental attribution error

25: A ______ is a belief that one has about an individual because that person belongs to a particular social category.

A.   Stereotype

B.   Right

C.   Duty

D.   Confirmation bias

26: ______ occurs when one places too much emphasis on information that confirms one’s existing beliefs, while ignoring or dismissing disconfirming information.

A.   Escalation of commitment

B.   Status quo bias

C.   Confirmation bias

D.   Fundamental attribution error

27: ____________ is a basic component of practitioner competence.

A.   Training

B.   Informed consent

C.   Supervision

D.   Summative Assessment

28: Personal computer ethics involves ____.

A.   Intelligent agent

B.   The choices and behaviors made by individuals

C.   Microprocessor

D.   All of the above