2qQuiz - Health/GMRC

Which of the following is an example of instinctive behavior?

• A puppy cuddling with its human owner

• A duckling swimming after its mother

• A young child learning how to read

• A kitten learning to use a litter box

What is the best definition of behavior?

• The way an organism acts in its environment

• The sum total of an organisms good and bad actions

• The learned mechanisms of survival in organisms

• How an organisms body adapts to its environment

Courtship behavior helps organisms:

• Survive

• Learn

• Eat

• Reproduce

Tame animals do not attack humans, because they have been __________ to the presence of humans.

• Manipulated

• Stimulated

• habituated

• attracted

What is the "nature vs. nurture" debate about?

• How much of human behavior is genetic, and how much of it is shaped by our environment

• How much of human behavior is learned from parents, and how much is learned from other sources

• How much of human behavior is learned outdoors, and how much is learned indoors

• How much of human behavoir is useful, and how much is useless

When making an ethical decision in everyday life, which of the following provides the most useful guideline?

• Do unto others as you'd like them do unto you

• Don't cry over spilled milk

• Consider your own wants and needs above those of toehrs

• A stitch in time saves nine

What is the most likely the best solution to an ethical problem?

• The option that benefits you the most

• The option that benefits the most people

• The option that punishes bad people severely

• The option that benefits the people you like most

Which of the following is usually considered unethical?

• Punching someone you are angry with

• Competing against someone in a boxing match

• Punishing a mugger who's robbing an old woman

• Punching awall when you are angry

Which of the following is a moral statement, not an ethical statement?

• "It's against the law to lie in court"

• "Most religions frown on lying"

• "Lying is fundamentally wrong"

• "Lying can ruin friendship"

What can you infer from the fact that so many newspapers, magazines, and websites run columns that offer ethical advice?

• Many people have difficulty resolving ethical issues

• There are a lot of professional ethicists working today

• Different areas of the United States have different ethical systems

• Most ethical problems cannot be solved