After Completing Your Observations of Officer Jones, You Are Asked

question 14

Multiple Choice

After completing your observations of Officer Jones, you are asked to summarize your observations for a study being conducted by an ethicist studying police behavior. Let's assume that the driver turned out to be an undercover police officer who was engaged in surveillance. Jones intended at first to write a citation. However, when he found out the driver was an officer, he decided to let him go, so that the undercover officer would not have attention drawn to him while Jones wrote the citation. Jones decided that letting the officer go would best serve the greater good. This would be consistent with:

• A)universality.
• B)professional courtesy.
• C)utilitarianism.
• D)deontology.

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The inclination to see events as having been predictable after they have already occurred, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

Inevitable

Something that is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.

Illusory Correlations

The perception of a relationship between two variables when none actually exists.

Memory Biases

The tendency for memory to be distorted by previous experiences, desires, or the current emotional state.