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Self Test on Knowledge Associated With Worldview Theme #36

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. Roughly speaking, skeptics are down on the beliefs of "true believers", whereas cynics are down on  

1) the "true believers" themselves          2) "do gooders" in general 

3) human nature        4)  everything        5)  hypocrisy 

2. Which of the following associations is inappropriate?

1) pseudoscience / has some support from conspiracists

2) original sin / humans are flawed      3) egocentric / opposite is altruistic  

4) Postmodernism / upbeat, optimistic

5) hypocrisy / failure to practice what you preach

3. The phrase “a secret agreement between businesses” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) propaganda          2) collusion        3) monopoly

4) corporate state     5) corporate crime 

4.  Which of the following might be part of or result from a conspiracy ?

1) collusion         2) propaganda        3) monopoly                                      

4) modern folklore        5) all of the above      

5. The phrase “excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrust of others” might be part of the definition of which of the terms below? 

1) paranoia      2) egoism            3) vendetta     

4) lobbyist        5)  behaviorism     

6.   All of the following beliefs about people and society might be held by someone for whom the Cynicism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview except which ? 

1) Hobbesian view of human nature     2) cultural pessimism        

3) Social Darwinism

4) Noble Savage view of human nature     5) people are egocentric  

7.  Which of the following words best describes someone for whom the Conspiracism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview ?

1) cynical paranoid      2) skeptical xenophobe         3) egoistic pusher

4) imaginative monopolist        5) altruistic machiavellian

8. Which of the following beliefs is most strongly linked to someone for whom the Conspiracism worldview theme is a key component of their overall worldview ?

1)  in the existence of monopolies    2) in altruism    3) in pseudoscience

4) in human exceptionalism        5) in the existence of hidden agendas 

9.  Someone who imagines that a conspiracy exists between government and business might use which of the following terms in that regard?

1) monopoly                 2) collusion             3) propaganda    

4) corporate state        5) world government 

10.  With respect to American consumerist society excesses, a cynical person might use all of the following terms in characterizing it except 

1) American exceptionalism        2) pusher               3) grabber      

4) prisoners              5) shopping as religion       

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