Portia Is a Vegetarian and Chooses Not to Eat Meat

question 49

Multiple Choice

Portia is a vegetarian and chooses not to eat meat based on moral and ethical rationales.Her employer is hosting a barbeque event, and all employees are expected to attend.Portia exercises her right of ______ when asking to be excused from the party.

• A)life and safety
• B)free speech
• C)due process
• D)freedom of conscience (limited)
• E)privacy

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Definitions:

Accommodation

In Piaget’s theory, the developing child’s process of changing his schemas based on his interactions with the environment.

Conservation of Number

A cognitive ability in children to understand that the quantity of something remains the same despite changes in its form or arrangement.

Discontinuous

Characterized by interruptions or gaps, not following a smooth, uninterrupted progression.

Theory of Mind

The ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, knowledge—to oneself and others, and to understand that others have beliefs, desires, and intentions that are different from one's own.