What is incrementalism?

• A bias related to ethical fading
• How we unconsciously lower our ethical standards over time through small changes in behavior
• The crossing of ethical lines repeatedly until they become habit
• All of the above

What is the fundamental attribution error?

• Focusing so much on certain aspects of a decision that its ethical dimensions fade from view
• The tendency to misattribute the cause of our or other people's behavior
• Our ability to infer and structure meaning out of the words and images around us
• How we unconsciously lower our ethical standards over time through small changes in behavior

Haidt's research on morality concluded that _________.

• Individuals don't vary in their intuitive, emotional response to situations
• Individuals justify and rationalize moral judgments and responses before the fact
• Cultures can reinforce and inform intuitive moral judgments
• All of the above

According to behavioral psychology, a script is a ________.

• Line by line of a movie
• Series of behaviors, actions, and consequences that become routine or expected in a particular situation or environment
• Series of behaviors, actions, and consequences that are random or not expected in a particular situation or environment
• None of the above

People's tendency to take their behavioral cues from those around them is known as ________.

• Conformity bias
• Obedience to authority
• Ethical Fading
• Incrementalism

A major assumption in economics as applied to decision making is that ________.

• Individuals are rational in decision making
• Humans are incapable of doing a careful and objective analysis
• They don't look at the available information provided for them
• All of the above

Which of the following is a result of the Flint, Michigan water crisis?

• Flint residents are put at risk of lead poisoning.
• Children are at risk for impaired cognition, behavioral disorders, hearing problems, and delayed puberty.
• Some water from Flint has been tested to have lead samples as high as 13,200 ppb.
• It is an example of how government officials can prioritize short-term problems over long-term problems.
• All of the above

Blaming someone's personality for their behavior but blaming external factors for your behavior is known as ________.

• Self-serving bias
• Plagiarism
• Incrementalism
• Self-deception