WorksheetsEthics and Identity Quiz 2 - Units 2 & 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does it mean to be ‘conscious’ of something?
To want to do it.
To be directly aware of it.
To dislike it.
To write it down.
Why do we have an unconscious part of our mind?
It helps us to talk to animals.
It is the part of us that is thinking clearly and deliberately, and reading this exam.
It isn’t actually useful, we just don’t know how to remove it.
It deals with many important things so we don’t have to think about them.
Why are we biased?
Because it’s fun.
Our past experiences and our natural instincts.
It makes life more interesting.
We think deliberately about what to do.
Why should we try to find out about our unconscious bias?
So we can decide what job to do when we are older.
So we have something to write about in these exams.
So we can know what things are affecting our decision-making.
So we can have fun, because it is entertaining.
What might happen if we ignore the existence of our unconscious bias?
Everything will feel strange but we will make better decisions.
Everything will feel strange and we will get superpowers.
Everything will feel normal and nothing special will happen.
Everything will feel normal but we may make more bad decisions.
What are these two statements an example of? When teachers say: “…kids leave their trash in the hallways because they are irresponsible”; and when students say: “…teachers assign so much homework because they are mean.”
Self-Serving Bias
Fundamental Attribution Error
Confirmation Bias
Cognitive dissonance
The Self-Serving Bias is:
A widely recognized and well-studied bias in psychological research.
Is a bias exhibited by selfish individuals who aim to serve only themselves.
Is a widely held view in the psychological field which posits that selfish behavior is immoral.
Is based solely on irrational fears of the human mind.
____________________ deflect responsibility away from us and direct our attention to people or forces outside of our control.
Rationalizations
Reasons
Cognitive dissonance
Creatures
To minimize self-deception, one strategy is finding someone who will deliberately challenge your decision-making process. This is called engaging a(n) _______________.
animal friend
beautiful story
comic book
devil’s advocate
One possible antidote (unwanted effects) to troubling subjective biases are what we might call:
“Cold, hard facts.”
“Gas, food, lodging.”
“Subject, verb, object.”
“Ignorance is strength.”
