TB9 B&B Lecture 4; Motor function and cognition 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyTB9 B&BUniversityNone Created by: mint75Created on: 22-05-16 17:17 Motor skill refers to...? The ability to solve a motor problem correctly, quickly, rationally and resourcefully 1 of 19 Are motor acts carried out in isolation from cognitive mechanisms? No 2 of 19 What are the three conditions for making a decision? At least two possible choices, expectations can be predicted about outcomes, value of outcome can be assessed 3 of 19 What is a normative theory? Concept of probability, expected value and utility and bias when there are risks involved 4 of 19 Is utility the same as economic value? No, utility is psychological value 5 of 19 What would be a manipulation to demonstrate framing effects? Medicine that saves/kills 6 of 19 What is a criticism of normative theories? Do not actually represent real world behaviour 7 of 19 What did normative theories lead to? Prospect theory 8 of 19 What is the main premise of descriptive theory? People make decisions based on anticipated gains and losses which are subjectively assessed. Concept of availability 9 of 19 How is game theory different from descriptive theories? When multiple individuals are involved in a payoff matrix 10 of 19 What is the strategy that should be used by rational individuals in the prisoners dilemma? Nash equilibrium 11 of 19 Where does the ventral tegmental area (midbrain) project to? Limbic system and cortex 12 of 19 What characterises the mesolimbic pathway? Projections to nucleus accumbens (near ventral striatum), amygdala and hippocampus 13 of 19 What characterises the mesocortical pathway? All of the cortex but especially medial parts of the frontal lobe 14 of 19 What does activity in the ventral tegmental area reflect? The reward value of a stimulus 15 of 19 Activity in ventral tegmental area... Decreases in response to a reward and increases in response to the conditioning stimulus 16 of 19 Dopamine activity is an index of...? Reward prediction error 17 of 19 What are increases in activity with unpredictable reward? Nucleus accumbens 18 of 19 At what age do humans develop ability to recognise false beliefs? 4 years 19 of 19
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