TB8, L3 - Morality

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Ethics can be defined as:
A consensus of manners, customs and shared values within a social group
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Morals can be defined as:
Personal code of conduct within the ethical constraints of a group
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Deontology can be defined as:
Moral rules pertaining to absolute rights
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Consequentialism can be defined as:
Moral value of an action is one way or another a function of its consequence alone
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Utilitarianism can be defined as:
Endorsing harmful actions for the greater good
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Moll et al. (2002) stated that:
Moral judgements are inherently emotional
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Which brain areas were more active for nonmoral unpleasant over nonmoral neutral
Lateral OFC, left amygdala, bilateral visual cortex
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Which brain areas were more active for nonmoral unpleasant over moral?
Lateral OFC and left amygdala
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Which brain areas were mire active for moral over nonmoral unpleasant?
Left medial OFC
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Nonmoral negative emotions are linked to the:
Lateral OFC
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Moral judgements associated with negative emotions are linked to the:
Medial OFC
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The Dual Process theory of moral development suggests that:
Reason is a cognitive function
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It is hypothesises that:
Emotional dilemmas decrease activity in brain areas associated with cognitive control
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Personal dilemmas have...
a slower reaction time than non-personal
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Which brain areas were active during personal over impersonal dilemmas?
Medial frontal gyrus, posterior cingulate, angular gyrus
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Which brain areas were active during impersonal over personal dilemmas?
DLPFC and parietal lobe
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It is predicted that:
Difficult/utilitarian dilemmas should have longer RTs
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It is predicted for utilitarian dilemmas:
Long RTs predict emotional conflict, reflected in areas associated with cognitive control
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Difficult over easy dilemmas (high RT > low RT) show increased brain activity in which areas?
Anterior cingulate and DLPFC
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Appropriate over inappropriate utilitarian responses showed increased activity in which brain areas?
DLPFC
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Patients with VLPFC lesions:
Detect implications of social situations but are unable to generalise to the real world
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Lesioned VLPFC patients are:
More likely to endorse high conflict, personal moral dilemmas
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Consequentialism states that:
Cognition uses cost-benefit analysis to formulate judgements
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