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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice #12  

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

censure, hypnosis, imperative, cognizant, epistemology, nonconformist

1. Someone who prefers THE GROUP THINK IMPERATIVE  theme over the IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM  theme frequently makes decisions based on ___________________.

1) his or her own careful analysis                      2) well reasoned arguments                     3) fear

4) what financial expediency dictates            5) the authority behind a culturally agreed on expectancy

2.  Someone for whom the IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM  theme is a key component of their overall worldview gets a thrill out of _________________________. 

1) challenging  others' beliefs                                 2) converting others to his or her position

3) experiencing, not trying to make sense             4) making value judgments 

5) acquiring new knowledge, making new connections

3. Folks valuing THE GROUP THINK IMPERATIVE  theme  would be good candidates ____________________   

1) to debunk conspiracy theories                               2) as elected officials in  challenging  political party orthodoxy  

3) as teenagers in avoiding peer pressure                 4) as subjects in hypnosis      

5) for accepting a freedom loving / libertarian philosophy 

4.  Where someone caught in the grip of  THE GROUP THINK IMPERATIVE  theme feels “peer pressure,”         in contrast one valuing the IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM theme feels ______________

1) the “thrill out of acquiring new knowledge”                     2) curiosity  

3) especially productive “working at the interface of internal imagination and external experience” 

4) “courage to not conform”                                                5) anxiety and seeks seclusion 

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to have knowledge of, be aware of."

1) imperative                                       2) epistemology                                3)   cognizant

4) cosmology                                       5) intuition 

  

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "pressing, seemingly obligatory."

1)  imperative                                      2) cognizant                                3)   censure

4)   hypnosis                                        5)  unequivocal 

  

7.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "a state of mind induced by a trusted person of authority  in a subject who readily accepts this person’s suggestions."

1)  meditation                                      2)  intuition                                3)  cognizant 

4) homeopathy                                    5) hypnosis

  

8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "concerned with knowledge, its nature, where it comes from, the methods used to obtain it, etc."

1) epistemology                  2)   theology                               3)  hypnosis 

4)  serendipity                                      5) none of the above 

 

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "a person who does not think or behave in generally accepted fashion like other people. "

1)   skeptic                         2)  nonconformist                              3)   philosopher  

4)    determinist                 5) hypnotist

  

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "harsh criticism, disapproval, or rebuke sometimes imposed by group on by member in official act."

1)    corroboration                 2)  blaspheme                                3) imperative  

4)    censure                            5) debunk

  

 

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