Deck 5: Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: Understanding Family Choices

Question 1

Janice is shopping at her favorite store. If she buys something, she is more likely to think her purchase is a good value if ______.

A) the store had her size
B) she thought she paid a fair price
C) it was on sale
D) she paid cash instead of buying it with a credit card

Answer 1

she thought she paid a fair price

Question 2

Human betterment, or an increase in the quality of life for all, is reflected in the dimensions of economic adequacy, justice, freedom, and ______.

A) adequate nutrition
B) safety
C) protection
D) peacefulness

Answer 2

peacefulness

Question 3

Five-year-old Charlie decided that it was worth the risk of getting in trouble for climbing and jumping off the garage roof because it was something he thought would be really fun to try. According to Kohlberg, Charlie is operating in what stage of moral reasoning?

A) pre-conventional
B) conventional
C) post-conventional
D) principled conscience

Answer 3

pre-conventional

Question 4

Jeanette always goes the speed limit because she knows that the laws have been set in place for her own good and the good of society. According to Kohlberg, Jeanette is operating in what stage of moral reasoning?

A) pre-conventional
B) conventional
C) post-conventional
D) principled conscience

Question 5

The attitudes toward interracial marriage ______.

A) remain unfavorable
B) have become more favorable but only for minorities
C) have required more laws protecting minorities
D) are changing

Question 6

Children form value foundations first by listening to______.

A) their peers
B) their parents
C) media such as television
D) older siblings

Question 7

Expressions of how we feel about something or a reflection of values is ______.

A) an accomplishment
B) education
C) homogamy
D) an attitude

Question 8

Forming a value judgment that is rationalized by discrediting information that goes against one's behavior is known as ______.

A) selective interpretation
B) selective choices
C) selective memory
D) selective perception

Question 9

Forming a value judgment that is rationalized by only accepting information that supports one's behavior is known as ______.

A) selective interpretation
B) selective choices
C) selective memory
D) selective perception

Question 10

The theory where individuals attempt to bring their attitudes into alignment with their behaviors, especially around other people, is ______.

A) dissonance theory
B) self-perception theory
C) situation theory
D) systems theory

Question 11

The theory where individuals attempt to bring their attitudes into alignment with their behaviors, especially when they cause personal or internal discomfort, is ______.

A) dissonance theory
B) self-perception theory
C) situation theory
D) systems theory

Question 12

A set of moral principles that exist in formal or unwritten modes is known as ______.

A) attitudes
B) behaviors
C) decisions
D) ethics

Question 13

Product buying motives are ______.

A) what drives consumers to overspend
B) reasons consumers purchase one product over another
C) manufacturers' suggested incentives
D) moral principles in advertising

Question 14

Brand preferences are reinforced by ______.

A) social media
B) price
C) quality
D) design

Question 15

A family may choose to buy a car based on how many other families in their social group have cars that are the same or similar. This consumer behavior reflects ______ preference.

A) price
B) design
C) brand
D) quality

Question 16

Susan is buying a new car. She is looking for a car that is made using the best materials, workmanship, and high standards. Susan exhibits consumer behavior based on ______.

A) price
B) design
C) quality
D) brand

Question 17

Stein and Brier suggest that parents should teach children of wealth all these tenets EXCEPT ______.

A) wealth is not an entitlement
B) philanthropy is a key
C) money is power
D) share with others

Question 18

The idea of "old money" is synonymous with ______.

A) stocks and bonds
B) the newly emerging rich
C) the elderly
D) upper class

Question 19

The idea of "new money" is synonymous with ______.

A) upper class
B) newly emerging rich
C) stocks and bonds
D) unlimited resources

Question 20

The bloated, sluggish, and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses is a definition of ______.

A) affluenza
B) entitlement
C) capitalism
D) wealth

Question 21

A fair price is very subjective among the buyers.

Question 22

Guiding principles of thought and behavior are often referred to as values.

Question 23

Moral beliefs may ultimately become laws with legal consequences.

Question 24

Homogamous values have caused interracial marriage to increase.

Question 25

Family values guide family resource management.

Question 26

New discoveries may come and go, but our values remain constant.

Question 27

A core set of values created early in life will change dramatically in adulthood.

Question 28

Attitudes are learned and are therefore dynamic.

Question 29

The connection between attitude and behavior includes needs, values, and situation.

Question 30

Values are used consciously in decision-making, but ethics are always subconscious behaviors.

Question 31

Product buying motives are reasons consumers purchase one product in preference to another.

Question 32

Consumers are more loyal to brand name products today than they have ever been.

Question 33

Large-ticket purchases, such as automobiles and appliances, include an expectation of performance for multiple years.

Question 34

When two products meet the same criteria, price is never the deciding factor in choosing which one to purchase.

Question 35

Design preferences in consumer products reflect personal and group values.

Question 36

When an individual affiliates with more than one social group that has different value systems, he or she must choose between them.

Question 37

Philanthropy is a key factor in teaching children of wealth to be responsible managers of their money.

Question 38

Wealth is an entitlement.

Question 39

The idea of "affluenza" defines success to include love, obligation, and reciprocity.

Question 40

Name the four dimensions of human betterment according to Boulding.

Question 41

Explain why family members would be at different levels of Kohlberg's moral reasoning development and how that would affect decision-making.

Question 42

How does homogamy affect decision-making? Does it mean that there will always be agreement?

Question 43

How do family values affect people's resource management?

Question 44

Explain how values and behaviors can change with new inventions or discoveries?

Question 45

Why are cohorts or generations more likely to have similar values?

Question 46

How would the ideas of selective interpretation and selective memory have an impact on a person's decision to exceed the speed limit?

Question 47

According to Fishbein and Ajzen, what causes attitudes to change over time?

Question 48

Explain the difference between the self-perception theory and the dissonance theory.

Question 49

According to Payne's culture of poverty, how do values differ for different economic levels?

Question 50

Why do values guide family behavior?

Question 51

What arguments do advertisers use in getting people to buy brand name products?

Question 52

At what point in the decision-making process about purchases does price become a factor?

Question 53

Give an example of how values and behaviors in making purchase decisions are based on design preference.

Question 54

What may be the outcome for someone who refuses to accept or live by the values of the culture in which he or she lives?

Question 55

According to Aldrich, what is the difference in the value of money between those with old money and new money?

Question 56

According to Stein and Brier, what is important for parents to teach their children if they are passing on wealth?

Question 57

How does "affluenza" affect society?

Question 58

Why do survival needs remain important to families?

Question 59

Explain the three levels of Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning model. Create an example of each using a family scenario.

Question 60

Discuss the argument that declining family values have caused a breakdown of the family within society. What are the major points of either side of this controversy?

Question 61

Outline the connection between attitude and behavior as proposed by Fishbein and Ajzen. Use examples to help explain this connection.

Question 62

Using Manning and Reece's four sets of product-buying motives, describe a family's decision-making in the purchase of a new car.

Question 63

Explain the differences in values and decision-making between those families who have old money as opposed to new money.