BJ Casey (2011) on Delaying Gratification

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  • Created by: H.R.R
  • Created on: 10-03-16 12:05

1. Who were Casey's participants for experiment 1?

  • 11 split brain surgery patients
  • 59 adults who had attended Stanford Bing Nursery as children
  • 117 adults who had attended Stanford Bing Nursery as children
  • 149 undergraduates from VU University, Amsterdam
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2. What was the percentage of false responses to 'no go tasks' in the hot trials in experiment 1 for high and low delayers respectively?

  • 10.9%, 14.5%
  • 10.9%, 20.9%
  • 14.5%, 10.9%
  • 23.3%, 33.3%

3. who suggested that there is a 'hot' and a 'cool' system in our brains concerned with reward seeking and cognitive control respectively?

  • Keys et al (1944)
  • Loftus and Palmer (1974)
  • Metcalfe and Mischel (1999)
  • Baynes, Eliassen and Gazzaniga (1997)

4. 'Delaying Gratification' is...

  • our desire to have a reward in the short term instead of waiting for a better one in the long term
  • Our ability to wait in the short term for a better consequence in the long term
  • our abilty to resist a treat in order to get two treats later
  • a psychological reaction to being presented with a decision to make

5. which of these is a correct conclusion from the study?

  • The ability to resist temptation as a child has no effect on self control as an adult
  • there is very little difference in reaction times of high and low delayers
  • resistance to temptation is a relatively stable individual difference which continues from childhood to adulthood
  • children who are unable to resist temptation will grow up to have an inactive Inferior Frontal Gyrus
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