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Self Test on Knowledge Associated With Worldview Theme #29

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. __________ is a term that refers to a disciplined lifestyle typically associated with monks or nuns.  

1) stoicism    2) asceticism    3) meditation

4) voluntary simplicity    5) conscientious behavior

2.  Aspects of the Protestant work ethic connect most directly with which of the following?

1) thrifty orientation    2) voluntary simplicity    3) Social Darwinism

4) harm avoidance       5) the Noble Eightfold Path 

3. The phrase “disciplined individuals in disciplined families” might be part of the definition or description of which of the terms below? 

1) asceticism         2) dharma        3) military discipline      

4) Confucianism               5) tao 

4.   Which of the following terms refers to a dim view of human nature according to which human beings are basically incapable of self restraint.?

1) Machiavellian        2) Tooth and Claw Ethics        3) discounting the future

4) Hobbesian              5)  Social Darwinism

5. The phrase describing a childish force "powerful enough to overcome the opposing force: a rational, restraining adult attitude ” might be part of the description of which of the terms below? 

1) threat        2) aggression        3) instant gratification    

        4) shame       5)  amok syndrome

6.  Which of the following associations is wrong?

1) shame / can bring vengeance      2) tao / path of virtuous conduct     

3) dehumanizing / can precede killing

4) meditation / technique to regulate attention

5) non-aggression principle / Buddhist conception 

7.  Carrying out a threat can lead to all of the following except

1) accepting personal responsibility        2) torture 

3) domestic violence      4) lawsuit       5) criminal aggression

8. For someone to embrace The Self Restrained Person worldview theme as a key component of their overall worldview requires

1) self denial        2) adherence to behavioral guidelines

3) abstinence  4) broadening their worldview   5) the first and second choices

9.  Behavior that you would not expect from someone for whom The Threatening Person worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview to hold would be which of the following?

1) employing Machiavellian methods       2) being empathic

3) being aggressive            4) threatening a lawsuit  

5) exhibiting Hobbesian behavior  

10.  Which of the following failures might not necessarily mean that the person failed with respect to his or her related dedication to The Self Restrained Person worldview theme?

1) committing adultery        2) a person on a diet going on an eating binge    

3) a military service person going AWOL    4) an athlete's failure to win a race

5)  a doctor violating the Hippocratic code    

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