1.   In a prison / criminal justice context, programs emphasizing discipline are designed to do all of the following except which one? 

 1) correct       2)  reform         3) rehabilitate      4) penalize for wrongdoing     

5) no exceptions they are designed to do all of the above  

2.  A word that means more or less the same as "one good turn deserves another" is _________________. 

1) brotherhood            2) reciprocity           3) justice            4) trust             5) empathy

3. The phrase “wherever possible, as they would be done by…” might be part of the definition or description of which of the terms below? 

1) the Platinum Rule     2) the Golden Rule--positive formulation     3) the Golden Rule--negative formulation 

4)  none of the above    5) all of the above 

4.  TIT for TAT strategy can be connected to all of the following except which?    

1) the evolution of co-operation in humans   2) Prisoners' Dilemma games     3) potentially "win, win" situations 

4)   using fear to achieve goals            5) the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 

Response

5.  Complete by selecting the most appropriate ordered pair: "Suppose  leaders of a traditional church, feeling under attack by progressives, align themselves with someone they perceive to be a strong leader even though they also see his immoral behavior.  Reportedly they do this out of ___________ in an attempt to _________________.   

1) love, lead by example       2) love, follow The Golden Rule        3) fear, follow The Platinum Rule    

4) fear, align themselves with where the power is       5) love, align themselves with where the power is 

6.   All of the following words might be used to describe someone for whom the Golden Rule, Village Ethic of Mutual Help worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which ? 

1) empathic    2) intolerant      3) considerate        4) honest         5) a Good Samaritan type 

7.  Research  links  higher rates of gun ownership with  _________________________. 

1) higher rates of suicide   

2) more crimes by mentally ill people with guns  than mentally healthy people with them    

3) more crimes by mentally healthy people with guns  than mentally ill people with them   

4) higher rates of suicide and more crimes by mentally ill people with guns  

5) none of the above 

8. _________ has been described as “a social institution that evolved as an integral mechanism of human culture to encourage altruism and reciprocal altruism and discourage selfishness and greed." 

1) religion                  2) socialism                   3) capitalism             4)  the family                  5)  community  

9.  Which of the following associations is wrong?  

1)  Authoritarian claim / fear motivates more than love       2)  hormone associated with "fight or flight" / cortisol   

3) Good Samaritan parable / biblical story about acting out of compassion 

4) Islam version of Golden Rule /   "Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you."

5) religion / can be linked to commitment to co-operate and reciprocate

Response

10.  Complete by selecting the most appropriate ordered pair: "One can (naively and simplistically?) argue that the Hebrew Torah is a story of law, and "an eye for an eye..." in  _____________fashion;  the Christian New Testament of the Bible is about love, turning the other cheek, following _______________. Cynics (more realistically?) say both together (as in the Christian Bible) represent a history of a people coming to terms with violence."

1)  reciprocal altruism, Golden Rule            2) transformative justice, The Village Ethic of Mutual Help          

3) Golden Rule, TIT for TAT                      4)  TIT for TAT, The Golden Rule              

5) TIT for TAT, The Village Ethic of Mutual Help 

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