Week 11: Values

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Moral Foundations and Values Quiz

Explore your understanding of moral psychology with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers key concepts from Jonathan Haidt's work on moral foundations and values, in a dynamic multiple-choice format.

Test your knowledge on moral intuitions and foundations.
Learn about ethical perspectives in a fun and interactive way.
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According to the social intuitionist model....

all of our moral judgments involve careful deliberation.

the fact that in-group/out-group distinctions play no role when hearing arguments meant to change your moral intuitions.

many of our judgments are ex post facto -- they are generated retroactively to explain decisions that emerge from intuitions.

the absence of intuitive and rational thinking in moral contexts.

Jonathan Haidt developed the notion of Moral Foundations theory based on 6 moral foundations that he derived from his research. Of the six foundations below, which one is most important for persons who identify as politically liberal?

Which of the following statements were found in this week's reading from The Righteous Mind? (Check all that apply.)

Morality binds and blinds.

If you want to understand another group, consider which of the six moral foundations carries the most weight in a particular controversy.

The primary force guiding behavior is self-interest.

Liberals and conservatives are necessary elements to a healthy state of political life.

Which of these is not one of the moral foundations?

Care/Harm

Fairness/cheating

Authority/subversion

Moral/Immoral

Jonathan Haidt endorses Gary Marcus' way of explaining innateness. What is it?

"Nature" or genetics determines some things completely, but many things are determined entirely by our cultural context or "nurture."

Without the pre-organized nature of our genetics, humans would lack adequate resources for survival.

We are innately predisposed only to very specific outcomes, since the brain is highly plastic.

Nature (or genetics) provides a "first draft," which means that our response to experience is organized in advance, but many variations are still possible.

In the Moral Foundations video, the definition of reciprocal altruism is.

Receiving a fair portion for the effort that has been contributed.

Exemplified by Robin Hood's stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

When the wealthy show compassion by donating money to charity.

Showing care for people who have been harmed.

The metaphor of the elephant and the rider expresses what?

The control of deliberate moral thinking over intuitions.

The fact that moral intuitions are all that matter; rational analysis never changes anything.

The relative size of the brain regions involved in moral cognition.

Dual process (system 1/system 2) theory in the context of moral judgments.

According to Jonathan Haidt, morals: (check all that apply)

Gave rise to religion.

Vary among cultures.

A doctrine or system of values.

Are innate.

Jonathan Haidt says that we are "90% chimp, 10% bee." What does he mean?

human social arrangements mostly resemble chimps, but like bees, we also live in large settlements.

We are strong like chimps, but also fast like bees.

Humans have evolved through a combination of individual and group selection.

Most of the time, like chimps, we are selfish, but sometimes, like bees, we communicate through our actions.

Which of these statements about values are true? (Check all that apply.)

Our values have an important effect on our attentional system (we pay attention to what we value).

Values tend to change over the course of one's life.

The gap between our values and our behavior can become problematic, but we can make that gap smaller by adjusting our values, our behavior, or both.

When unexamined, values can function like ideology.

The fairness/cheating foundation comes out of which evolutionary challenge?

The problem of in-group/out-group relations.

The problem of rule-based behavior.

The problem of unfair trading practices.

The problem of being altruistic toward non-kin in a two-way relationship.

According to Jonathan Haidt, a Moral Community is made up of: (Check all that apply.)

A community's collective view of right and wrong

The elephant and the rider

A collection of symbols

A collection of ideas

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