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1. What is meant by 'cognitive control'?

  • The ability to suppress competing inappropriate thoughts or actions in favour of appropriate ones
  • The ability to suppress competing inappropriate thoughts or actions in favour of inappropriate ones
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2. What kind of response takes place to a 'hot' cue?

  • Good
  • Emotional
  • Nervous
  • Fearful

3. What is the the role of the inferior frontal gyrus in the brain?

  • Decision making
  • Immediate rewards are recognised

4. What did low delayers do in the marshmallow test?

  • Took the immediate reward by eating the marshmllow
  • Used cooling techniques to distract themselves
  • Didn't eat the marshmallow and ended up with two marshmallows
  • Said they didn't like marshmallows

5. What are the two parts of the brain that compete with each other?

  • Corrpus callosm vs. ventral striatum
  • Left hemisphere vs. right hemisphere
  • Inferior frontal gyrus vs. ventral striatum
  • Corrpus callosm vs. inferior gyrus
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