Question 1

Sympathy differs from empathy in that it

Accepted Answer

A)  is an unrelated moral emotion. 
B)  is irrelevant to ethical practice. 
C)  recognizes that my understanding of the feelings of another is limited or partial. 
D)  requires others be physically present to experience sympathy. 
A)  is an unrelated moral emotion. 
B)  is irrelevant to ethical practice. 
C)  recognizes that my understanding of the feelings of another is limited or partial. 
D)  requires others be physically present to experience sympathy.

Question 2

Empathy is always ethical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Conversations a child or adolescent has with adults about difficult situations that highlight ethical values or principles

Accepted Answer

A)  should occur primarily in the family. 
B)  have no place in the classroom, because they are value judgments. 
C)  are memorable messages about ethics. 
D)  have little role in moral development. 
A)  should occur primarily in the family. 
B)  have no place in the classroom, because they are value judgments. 
C)  are memorable messages about ethics. 
D)  have little role in moral development.

Question 4

The prescriptive study of ethics offers arguments about what your personal ethics should be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The first communication message received by most newborn infants is the communication act of acknowledgment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Disgust is an evolutionary adaptation to

Accepted Answer

A)  avoiding people who are bad. 
B)  enforcing ethical codes. 
C)  avoiding bad food or sources of disease, such as human waste. 
D)  individuality. 
A)  avoiding people who are bad. 
B)  enforcing ethical codes. 
C)  avoiding bad food or sources of disease, such as human waste. 
D)  individuality.

Question 7

Sympathy may be more important for ethical action than empathy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The marketplace offers experiences and sends messages that influence moral development in _____ ways.

Accepted Answer

A)  logical 
B)  emotional 
C)  regulatory 
D)  inconsistent 
A)  logical 
B)  emotional 
C)  regulatory 
D)  inconsistent

Question 9

Research indicates that when people who do not have conversations about difficult topics and what is the right things to do, the presence of ethics in their lives is thin and spotty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Acknowledgment of children by adults promotes healthy cognitive, emotional, moral, and communication development

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Centers for empathy are located in the human brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

High levels of empathy involve which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability to distinguish between herself and others. 
B)  The ability to take the perspective of others. 
C)  Responding to the distress of others in appropriate ways to reduce their distress. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above 
A)  The ability to distinguish between herself and others. 
B)  The ability to take the perspective of others. 
C)  Responding to the distress of others in appropriate ways to reduce their distress. 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

Question 13

A care-giver's acknowledgment of a child

Accepted Answer

A)  focuses the care-giver's attention on the child in acts of caring communication. 
B)  is important in infancy, but not adolescence. 
C)  is irrelevant to a child's sense of security or insecurity around care-givers. 
D)  is an innate skill. 
A)  focuses the care-giver's attention on the child in acts of caring communication. 
B)  is important in infancy, but not adolescence. 
C)  is irrelevant to a child's sense of security or insecurity around care-givers. 
D)  is an innate skill.

Question 14

Empathy is important for ethical sensitivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Unethical business practices in a culture, such as lying or cheating, have no impact on what members of that culture consider ethical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Asking about the short or long-term consequences of applying an ethical value or principle is a test of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Intuition 
B)  logical analysis 
C)  experience 
D)  intuition 
A)  Intuition 
B)  logical analysis 
C)  experience 
D)  intuition

Question 17

Which of the following are not moral emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rage 
B)  Empathy 
C)  Equality bias 
D)  Disgust 
A)  Rage 
B)  Empathy 
C)  Equality bias 
D)  Disgust

Question 18

If you are not willing to argue or defend a value or principle to others, you fail the test of experience of being an ethically responsive communicator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Moral emotions influence what you understand as good or bad.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Arguments for what your personal ethics should be in part of the ____ study of ethics.

Accepted Answer

A)  description 
B)  prescriptive 
C)  academic 
D)  intuitive 
A)  description 
B)  prescriptive 
C)  academic 
D)  intuitive

Sympathy differs from empathy in that it

Empathy is always ethical.

Conversations a child or adolescent has with adults about difficult situations that highlight ethical values or principles

The prescriptive study of ethics offers arguments about what your personal ethics should be.

The first communication message received by most newborn infants is the communication act of acknowledgment.

Disgust is an evolutionary adaptation to

Sympathy may be more important for ethical action than empathy.

The marketplace offers experiences and sends messages that influence moral development in _____ ways.

Research indicates that when people who do not have conversations about difficult topics and what is the right things to do, the presence of ethics in their lives is thin and spotty.

Acknowledgment of children by adults promotes healthy cognitive, emotional, moral, and communication development

Centers for empathy are located in the human brain.

High levels of empathy involve which of the following:

A care-giver's acknowledgment of a child

Empathy is important for ethical sensitivity.

Unethical business practices in a culture, such as lying or cheating, have no impact on what members of that culture consider ethical.

Asking about the short or long-term consequences of applying an ethical value or principle is a test of _____.

Which of the following are not moral emotions?

If you are not willing to argue or defend a value or principle to others, you fail the test of experience of being an ethically responsive communicator.

Moral emotions influence what you understand as good or bad.

Arguments for what your personal ethics should be in part of the ____ study of ethics.

The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication

Ethical Reasoning About Human Communication

Six Ethical Values of Communication

Applying Ethical Values and Principles in Ethical Reasoning

Tradition Approaches to Ethical Theory

Contemporary Alternatives to Modernist Ethical Theories

Communication Ethics and Digital Communication

Communication Ethics and Community

Communication Ethics and Intercultural Communication

Your Practice of Communication Ethics

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Exam 2: Developing a Personal Ethical Standard for Human Communication

Sympathy differs from empathy in that it

Empathy is always ethical.

Conversations a child or adolescent has with adults about difficult situations that highlight ethical values or principles

The prescriptive study of ethics offers arguments about what your personal ethics should be.

The first communication message received by most newborn infants is the communication act of acknowledgment.

Disgust is an evolutionary adaptation to

Sympathy may be more important for ethical action than empathy.

The marketplace offers experiences and sends messages that influence moral development in _____ ways.

Research indicates that when people who do not have conversations about difficult topics and what is the right things to do, the presence of ethics in their lives is thin and spotty.

Acknowledgment of children by adults promotes healthy cognitive, emotional, moral, and communication development

Centers for empathy are located in the human brain.

High levels of empathy involve which of the following:

A care-giver's acknowledgment of a child

Empathy is important for ethical sensitivity.

Unethical business practices in a culture, such as lying or cheating, have no impact on what members of that culture consider ethical.

Asking about the short or long-term consequences of applying an ethical value or principle is a test of _____.

Which of the following are not moral emotions?

If you are not willing to argue or defend a value or principle to others, you fail the test of experience of being an ethically responsive communicator.

Moral emotions influence what you understand as good or bad.

Arguments for what your personal ethics should be in part of the ____ study of ethics.

The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication

Ethical Reasoning About Human Communication

Six Ethical Values of Communication

Applying Ethical Values and Principles in Ethical Reasoning

Tradition Approaches to Ethical Theory

Contemporary Alternatives to Modernist Ethical Theories

Communication Ethics and Digital Communication

Communication Ethics and Community

Communication Ethics and Intercultural Communication

Your Practice of Communication Ethics

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