Chat with AIExam 30: Ethical Issues
Describe how ethics has evolved as a part of our culture.
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VerifiedWithin a culture, certain ways of behaving evolved that were accepted and reinforced, whereas other ways of behaving evolved that were not accepted and/or were punished.For example, many cultures evolved that reinforced non-stealing behavior and punished stealing.Presumably, cultures in which honest behavior toward material possessions was not reinforced and stealing not punished tended not to survive.This may have been for many reasons.Whatever the reasons, many cultures consider non-stealing to be ethical or right, and stealing unethical or wrong.Other behavioral practices (ethics)presumably evolved similarly.
Briefly explain why it should be difficult to use behavior modification to the detriment of any group whose members are well versed in the principles and tactics of behavior modification.
(38) VerifiedA group of people who are well-versed in the principles and tactics of behavior modification can recognize when behavior modification is being used to their disadvantage, and can take appropriate countermeasures, such as using behavior modification against their controllers.
Give an example illustrating how governments use positive reinforcement to control behavior without citizens feeling that they are being controlled.
(30) VerifiedMost people who happily buy tickets in a government-run lottery feel that they are "free" to do so, and they fail to recognize that their behavior is being controlled to the same extent as it would be if they were being "forced" to pay the same amount in taxes.It's just that in one case the control is through positive reinforcement and in the other it is through aversive control.
What constitutes the cornerstone for ensuring ethical and effective treatment programs by behavior modifers?
(35) What steps can be taken to help ensure that an applied behavior analyst or behavior therapist is appropriately qualified?
(36) From your knowledge of history or current events, give an example of what often happens when the reinforcements occurring to one group in a society fall below a certain critical level relative to the reinforcements occurring to another group in that society.
(43) Why is extreme wariness a healthy reaction to any new development in science or technology? Discuss an example of this.
(29) From a behavioral point of view, how might we account for constitutions, bills of rights, and related political documents of modern states?
(39) In a sentence, what should be the characteristics of the intervention methods used by behavior modifiers?
(36) Explain why we tend to react negatively to all overt attempts to control our behavior.
(23) Using an example, explain how ethical guidelines involve rule-governed control over behavior.
(31) Discuss three possible meanings of intrusive and restrictive interventions.
(44) Explain why all helping professions are involved in the control of behavior whether or not their practitioners realize it. Give an example.
(36) Discuss Prilleltensky's approach for how psychologists can best help their clients.
(33) Describe in behavioral terms how the history of civilization is a story of the continuous abuse of power. From your knowledge of history or current events, give an example of this abuse.
(25) Discuss Skinner's view that we must go "beyond freedom and dignity" if civilization is to solve some of its most difficult problems.
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