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?

  • 117 adults who had attended Stanford Bing Nursery as children
  • 59 adults who had attended Stanford Bing Nursery as children
  • 149 undergraduates from VU University, Amsterdam
  • 11 split brain surgery patients
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2. 'Delaying Gratification' is...

  • 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
  • our desire to have a reward in the short term instead of waiting for a better one in the long term
  • a psychological reaction to being presented with a decision to make

3. What were the two categories the participants were put into after their marshmallow test when they were four?

  • High control, Low control
  • Go, No go
  • High delayers, Low delayers
  • Aggressive, Non-aggressive

4. What was a major weakness of the study?

  • The reserch was socially sensitive towards low delayers
  • fMRIs are very expensive and time-consuming to carry out
  • Responses to the go/no go tasks did not reflect normal social responses to facial expressions
  • Casey was decietful

5. Which part of the brain is responsible for our desire for short term rewards?

  • Amygdala
  • Ventral Striatum
  • Inferior Frontal Gyrus
  • Hippocampus

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