Chapter 12 Review Practice Quiz

. When asked if he thought a certain behavior was right or wrong, Miguel responded that in order to decide, he would have to know the culture in which the behavior occurred, indicating that he is operating from the _______ position.

. _______ is defined as the rights and privileges of dominant power groups that can impose their ethical standards on other nondominant groups or powerless individuals.

. Max communicates effectively with dissimilar others. He retains the best of his cultural, ethical, and other aspects of his identity, but he also has an open-minded attitude and uses his culture-sensitive knowledge and skills to communicate. What concept does this reflect?

. Manik believes that what is right is always right and that treating each person consistently across cultures means fairness. He is operating from which ethical position?

. The ethical stance which is an ideal to strive for, but which unfortunately is difficult to put into practice because of the tendency for dominant groups to produce the guidelines by which behaviors should be judged is called:

. In ethical absolutism, the importance of cultural context is minimized.

. In meta-ethics, a layered contextual perspective means that a particular perspective is designated as the top "layer" and is used to make ethical judgments.

. In the position of ethical relativism, when making judgments about others' behavior, the cultural context is important.

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