In the Stroop Color-Naming Paradigm, a Patient with a Snake

question 70

Multiple Choice

In the Stroop color-naming paradigm, a patient with a snake phobia would be expected to name the color of the printed word "fangs"

• A)more quickly than a neutral word.
• B)in about the same time it takes to name the color of a neutral word.
• C)more slowly than a neutral word.
• D)with a great deal of difficulty or not at all.

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Definitions:

Moral Capabilities

The capacities or abilities of individuals to make ethical choices, understand moral principles, and act in ways that are consistent with moral values.

Moral Persons

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Consequentialist Thought

Ethical philosophy considering the consequences of actions as the primary basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of those actions.

Utilitarian Thought

A philosophical belief that the best action is the one that maximizes utility, usually defined as that which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people.