Deck 22: Social Psychology and Forgiveness

Question 1

Humans are most effective at peace-making when they______.

A) forgive and forget
B) reconcile and move on
C) forgive without forgetting
D) reconcile without hostility

Answer 1

forgive without forgetting

Question 2

Which of the following "tit-for-tat" elements keeps you from "getting into unnecessary trouble?"

A) niceness
B) retaliation
C) forgiveness
D) clarity

Answer 2

niceness

Question 3

After a violent and illegal act, a community unites and makes repeated, public statements condoning the act. What does this exemplify?

A) seeking retribution for illegal acts
B) upholding the rule of law and justice
C) knowing and telling one's story
D) forgiving and forgetting

Answer 3

upholding the rule of law and justice

Question 4

What does the restorative justice method allow?

A) equal suffering for people who commit crimes
B) forgiving without forgetting
C) reconciliation and forgetting of past crimes
D) equal healing for those who commit crimes and victims of crime

Question 5

Melinda loaned her sister money. Her sister never paid her back. Rather than ruining the relationship, she told her sister it was okay, but privately still held a grudge. She also vowed never to loan her money again. Which of the following has Melinda accomplished?

A) reconciliation
B) emotional forgiveness
C) decisional forgiveness
D) restorative justice

Question 6

Which was one of three points made my James Cameron regarding forgiveness and reconciliation?

A) forgive and forget
B) do not uphold unjust laws
C) seek retribution for wrongs
D) tell your group's story

Question 7

In Axelrod's experiments, which strategy was the most successful for winning the prisoner's scenario?

A) Cunning. 1
B) tit for tat
C) Cunning. 2
D) burn me once

Question 8

Which of the following refers to a social process that leads to a friendly reunion between former opponents?

A) decisional forgiveness
B) emotional forgiveness
C) hostility
D) reconciliation

Question 9

Some research shows storytelling helps victims of trauma by______.

A) validating their experience
B) helping them forget their experience
C) assisting in living with the experience
D) sharing the experience with future generations

Question 10

Science indicates that we are more likely to reduce discrimination by ______.

A) seeking retribution for illegal acts
B) avoiding upholding unjust laws
C) knowing and telling one's story and the stories of others
D) forgiving and forgetting

Question 11

A study of Sudanese refugees noted that which of the following helped reduce the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder?

A) seeking retribution for illegal acts
B) upholding the rule of law and justice
C) knowing and telling one's story
D) forgiving without forgetting

Question 12

Which of the following refers to a change in a person's behavioral intentions toward a transgressor?

A) decisional forgiveness
B) emotional forgiveness
C) hostility
D) reconciliation

Question 13

Putting laws into place and enforcing them establishes ______ that thwart discrimination.

A) social norms
B) retributions
C) boundaries
D) values

Question 14

A Japanese American who was held in an American internment camp during World War II is an advocate for peace and spends his time collecting money for and running an art gallery with works that remember the time he spent in the internment camp. What does this exemplify?

A) seeking retribution for illegal acts
B) upholding the rule of law and justice
C) knowing and telling one's story
D) forgiving without forgetting

Question 15

In ancient times, a punishment for stealing may have been that one's hand was cut off. What is this an example of?

A) reconciliation
B) restorative justice
C) retributive justice
D) forgiveness

Question 16

Which of the following refers to a replacement of negative feelings with positive, other-oriented feelings?

A) decisional forgiveness
B) emotional forgiveness
C) hostility
D) reconciliation

Question 17

Which of the following describes the shadow of the future?

A) future retribution should be sought for current actions
B) thoughts about future events influence present decisions
C) laws that are unjust should be abolished in the future
D) hostility creates negative future events

Question 18

Which of the following refers to an internal process that has an offender in mind and leads to prosocial change following a transgression?

A) forgetfulness
B) forgiveness
C) reconciliation
D) hostility

Question 19

Something that tempts someone to choose personal gain by behaving in a way that would be harmful if everyone else behaved the same way is referred to as which of the following?

A) behavioral economics
B) game-designed social dilemma
C) prisoner's dilemma
D) tit for a tat strategy

Question 20

To Kill A Mockingbird created a shared ______ that reversed the public spectacles of lynchings.

A) social norm
B) law
C) social awareness
D) value

Question 21

People who are less concerns about reciprocity and keeping score likely have a(n)______orientation.

A) exchange
B) retributive
C) socially aware
D) communal

Question 22

Forgiveness refers to a public action.

Question 23

Humans are the only species that have shown the ability to reconcile and forgive.

Question 24

Why is To Kill A Mockingbird considered by some to be a scientific approach to forgiveness and reconciliation?

Question 25

Which of the following terms refers to a degree of forgiveness calculated to signal to a competitor your willingness to cooperate.

A) retributive forgiveness
B) emotional forgiveness
C) decisional forgiveness
D) strategic forgiveness

Question 26

Describe the four elements of the tit-for-tat strategy and note its relationship to the two different types of orientations in romantic relationships.

Question 27

In romantic relationships, forgiveness works best when it is combined with assertiveness.

Question 28

How are emotional and decisional forgiveness different?

Question 29

Research has shown that exchange orientation is not better or worse than communal orientation with regard to successful relationships.

Question 30

Which of the following exemplifies exchange orientation in a romantic relationship?

A) One partner does house chores and the other does not.
B) One partner pays for dinner, the other partner pays for the next dinner.
C) One partner covers the student loans of the other partner.
D) One partner covers all expenses while the other partner searches for a job.

Question 31

One way people may forgive without forgetting is through artistry.

Question 32

Two divorce lawyers enter into negotiations in a couple's divorce because all parties agreed to exclusively work toward a settlement. What does this exemplify?

A) collaborative law
B) emotional forgiveness
C) decisional forgiveness
D) retributive law

Question 33

Strategic forgiveness often results in contentious divorce proceedings.

Question 34

Knowing and telling your group's story has not been shown to provide significant healing to those who have experienced trauma.

Question 35

Research shows that people who are happier truly do "forgive and forget."

Question 36

It is possible to be reconciled with someone without actually forgiving them.

Question 37

Telling one's story may motivate one to create a better futures for the next generation.

Question 38

During WWI, soldiers indicated their willingness to cooperate with their enemies by ritualizing the times and targets of their attacks. What does this exemplify?

A) retributive forgiveness
B) emotional forgiveness
C) decisional forgiveness
D) strategic forgiveness

Question 39

Describe an example of how one might forgive without forgetting.

Question 40

Describe the differences between reconciliation and forgiveness.