Unit 9 Flashcards
Values
Behavior-environment relations including personal judgment, integrity, and principles
Morals:
Determined by
Individual
Ethics:
Determined by
Group or culture
Morals and ethics: Both are
A set of principles for what is considered right and wrong
Absolutist
Ethics determined by fixed criteria of a community
Relativist
Ethics based on contextualized individual experiences
Self-editing: Occurs before
Emitted speaker response
Self-editing: Involves
Modifying a verbal response to sharpen the effect on the listener
Types of values (2)
1) Morals
2) Ethics
Moral and ethical behavior:
Levels: Individuals (2)
1) Within oneself
2) Between individuals
Moral and ethical behavior:
Levels: Culture (2): _____
1) Between individual and cultural entities
2) Between cultural entities
Approaches to moral and ethical codes (2)
1) Absolutist
2) Relativist
Skinner’s analysis of language: Focused on
Function
Words as our calculus:
Everyday _____
Use of the word conflicts
Words as our calculus:
Behavior analysts _______
Precision of words may conflict between behavior analyst