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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice # 21 

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".

1. Which of the following words or phrases might you most expect to be used to characterize someone who especially values the HEDONISTIC ORIENTATION worldview theme ?

1)  pleasure seeking               2) pain avoiding, long-term orientation             3) avoids overindulgence

4) appreciates limits                  5) introverted 

2.  A behavior  that you would not expect from someone who especially values the HEALTHY ORIENTATION worldview theme ? 

1)   practices good nutrition       2) appreciates mind / body connection       3) long term oriented 

4)  focused on prevention                    5) all of the above are valued by this person 

3. Very affluent people valuing the HEDONISTIC ORIENTATION theme may do all of the following except which ?                   

1) selfishly indulge                     2) traveling somewhere to escape painful realities others face                      

3) creating their own sanctuary to escape painful realities others face 

4) recognize the futility of escaping certain painful realities      5)  travel to engage in otherwise illegal activity    

4.  The HEALTHY ORIENTATION  theme logically belongs together with all of the following except which? 

1) avoiding weight gain              2) preventive medicine               3) exercise          

4) good dietary practice             5) naturalistic fallacy that all substances derived from nature are healthy 

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to party, make merry, celebrate."

1) carouse                                       2) prurient                                3)   sedentary

4)   ribald                                         5) placebo

  

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "the study of the nature and origin of disease."

1)   pathology                                     2) placebo                                3)   prurient

4)  pathos                                       5)   sedentary

   

7.  The word ______________ has some similarity to the word placebo. 

1)  pathology                                      2)  homeopathy                               3) prurient  

4)  apocalyptic                                      5) cathartic 

  

8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "associated with an interest in lust."

1)  sedentary                                      2) pathology                                3)   placebo

4)  prurient                                         5) punctilious 

  

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "vulgar, coarse, crude ."

1)  ribald                                      2)  carouse                               3) prurient   

4)  pathology                                      5) placebo

  

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as associated with "lack of physical activity."

1)   carouse                                     2)   pathology                              3)   prurient

4)   placebo                                   5) sedentary

  

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