Easy Psychology Homework
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lachico.docxDisclosures and Alternatives
Although we often say that telling the truth is the best choice, it may not always be the most effective choice, and may even not be the most ethical. This exercise gives you the opportunity to practice generating multiple responses to various situations.
· Save this document to your computer.
· Then develop alternative responses for each scenario. (Use this first sample as a guide.)
· Be sure to evaluate the effectiveness and ethics of your responses.
SAMPLE. You went out on a date with your friend’s cousin, and didn’t have a good time. Your friend asks you how the date went.
Self-disclosure: “I didn’t have a great time. Maybe we were just getting to know each other, but I don’t think that we have much in common. I was really uncomfortable most of the time.”
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything, my friend might think it was worse than it was, or that something bad happened on the date.
Lying: “The movie was great, and your cousin was a lot of fun!”
Equivocating: “First dates are really times of discovery, aren’t they?”
Hinting: “I can’t expect to have a good time with everyone I meet.”
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? In this case, I think equivocating is effective. While I wasn’t exactly self-disclosing with my friend, I don’t want to tell him how boring I think his cousin is. I haven’t lied and the both of them can save face, too, so I believe it is ethical as well.
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Assignment G: Disclosures & Alternative
1. Your cousin is very dissatisfied with his/her parents, and is looking to move out from their home very soon. You are out at a family gathering, and one of the parents asks you how your cousin is feeling about living at home.
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
_______________
2. You finally find the perfect job, but you see on the application that you must have a clean driving record. You have had a few speeding tickets, but they were a long time ago.
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
_______________
3. You and your co-workers have been dissatisfied with the pay at work, but you just received a nice raise… the only salary increase given in the department. One of your co-workers senses something has changed for you, and is trying to figure out why.
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
_______________
4. Your romantic partner baked you a cake using a new recipe, and is excited to have you taste it. You did not like at all, but managed to eat it. You can tell he/she is looking for you to voice your opinion.
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
_______________
5. Your very opinionated boss, whose opinions differ from yours, asks what you think of the federal government recognizing same-sex marriages.
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
_______________
6. (Create your own example for this one. Type the scenario here.)
Self-disclosure: typehere
Silence: If I don’t answer or don’t say anything,
Lying: typehere
Equivocating: typehere
Hinting: typehere
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical? typehere
Disclosures and Alternatives
Although we often say that telling the truth is the best choice, it may not always be the most
effective choice, and may even not be the most ethical. This exercise gives you the opportunity
to practice
generating multiple responses to various situations.
·
Save this document to your computer.
·
Then develop alternative responses for each scenario.
(Use
this
first
sample
as a guide.)
·
Be sure to
evaluate the effectiveness and ethics of your responses.
SA
MPLE. You went out on a date with your friend’s cousin, and didn’t have a good time.
Your friend asks you how the date went.
Self
-
disclosure:
“I didn’t have a great time. Maybe we were just getting to know each other, but
I don’t think that we have much i
n common. I was really uncomfortable most of the time.”
Silence:
If I don’t answer or don’t say anything, my friend might think it was worse than it was,
or that something bad happened on the date.
Lying:
“The movie was great, and your cousin was a lot of
fun!”
Equivocating:
“First dates are really times of discovery, aren’t they?”
Hinting:
“I can’t expect to have a good time with everyone I meet.”
Which response is the most effective? Which is most ethical?
In this case, I think
equivocating is effective.
While I wasn’t exactly self
-
disclosing with my friend, I don’t want to
tell him how boring I think his cousin is. I haven’t lied and the
both of them can save face, too,
so I believe it is ethical as well.
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THE INSTRUCTIONS
ABOVE BEFORE SA
VING AND SUBMITTING THIS ASSIGN
MENT
