PHIL 101 FINAL REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Who is the philosopher representative of rationalism, for Haidt? -
Answer:
-Plato
Question:
2. Who is the philosopher representative of empiricism, for Haidt?
Answer:
-David Hume
Question:
3. Who is the scientist representative of nativism, for Haidt?
Answer:
-Darwin
Question:
4. -Hume: "Reason is, and ought only to be
Answer:
the ____slave_____ of the ___passions______."
Question:
5. Rationalism
Answer:
The view that our goal is to become mature moral reasoners.
Question:
6. Empiricism
Answer:
moral intuitions come from experience, our mind is a blank slate at birth
Question:
7. Nativism
Answer:
born with moral intuitions
Question:
8. -What did Haidt's own experiment, recounted in Chapter 1, add to our understanding of what Schweder's
experiments reveal? (The "second thing" @ p. 25).
Answer:
- Upper class as social connections and lower as moral conventions, not just western vs nonwestern
, Question:
9. -Who is our system 2 moral reasoning meant to convince?
Answer:
- Ourselves and others
Question:
10. -Contrary to popular assumptions, there are two types of cognition. What are they?
Answer:
- intuition and reason
Question:
11. -According to the diagram at p. 55, how might our moral intuitions, judgments, and reasoning actually
be led to change?
Answer:
-reasoned judgment and private reflection, reasoned or social persuasion socially and in dialogue with
others
Question:
12. _____ is the antidote to self-righteousness (p.
58).
Answer:
empathy_
Question:
13. What is the "mere exposure effect"?
Answer:
The Mere Exposure Effect or familiarity principle, explains our tendency to develop a preference for
something merely due to being familiar with it. Ex: advertising
Question:
14. -Give a one-sentence definition of confirmation bias.
Answer:
-is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms or strengthens their beliefs or values
Question:
15. -What does Haidt mean when he writes that "Our politics is groupish, not selfish" (p. 100)?
Answer:
People care about their groups. Group mentality and badges of social membership rather than only self
gain
Question:
16. WEIRD
Answer:
Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Who is the philosopher representative of rationalism, for Haidt? -
Answer:
-Plato
Question:
2. Who is the philosopher representative of empiricism, for Haidt?
Answer:
-David Hume
Question:
3. Who is the scientist representative of nativism, for Haidt?
Answer:
-Darwin
Question:
4. -Hume: "Reason is, and ought only to be
Answer:
the ____slave_____ of the ___passions______."
Question:
5. Rationalism
Answer:
The view that our goal is to become mature moral reasoners.
Question:
6. Empiricism
Answer:
moral intuitions come from experience, our mind is a blank slate at birth
Question:
7. Nativism
Answer:
born with moral intuitions
Question:
8. -What did Haidt's own experiment, recounted in Chapter 1, add to our understanding of what Schweder's
experiments reveal? (The "second thing" @ p. 25).
Answer:
- Upper class as social connections and lower as moral conventions, not just western vs nonwestern
, Question:
9. -Who is our system 2 moral reasoning meant to convince?
Answer:
- Ourselves and others
Question:
10. -Contrary to popular assumptions, there are two types of cognition. What are they?
Answer:
- intuition and reason
Question:
11. -According to the diagram at p. 55, how might our moral intuitions, judgments, and reasoning actually
be led to change?
Answer:
-reasoned judgment and private reflection, reasoned or social persuasion socially and in dialogue with
others
Question:
12. _____ is the antidote to self-righteousness (p.
58).
Answer:
empathy_
Question:
13. What is the "mere exposure effect"?
Answer:
The Mere Exposure Effect or familiarity principle, explains our tendency to develop a preference for
something merely due to being familiar with it. Ex: advertising
Question:
14. -Give a one-sentence definition of confirmation bias.
Answer:
-is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms or strengthens their beliefs or values
Question:
15. -What does Haidt mean when he writes that "Our politics is groupish, not selfish" (p. 100)?
Answer:
People care about their groups. Group mentality and badges of social membership rather than only self
gain
Question:
16. WEIRD
Answer:
Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic
