Areas And Debates - Casey Et Al

Question 1

Nature nurture

Answer 1

Nature
We are born low or high delayers and we stay like
Nurture
at age of 4, environment had already impacted ppl eg rewards etc - they can have training programmes to change them

Question 2

Free will determinism

Answer 2

Determinism
Born pre programmed with brain differences that mean some ppl are low delayers so they are vulnerable to health problems later in life

Question 3

Psychology as a science

Answer 3

Controlled lab exp so meets scientific criteria

Question 4

Link to area

Answer 4

Investigating whether specific regions of our brain impact our ability to resist
Specifically, shows our biology has important role in resisting gratification

Question 5

Link to theme

Answer 5

Revealed 2 regions of brain which impact us

Provided evidence for cool and hot systems

Question 6

Changing understanding of theme

Answer 6

Adds to Sperrys research by telling us about the role that other regions can play and tells us a diff way to look at our brain fmri scans

Question 7

Changes understanding of diversity

Answer 7

Doesn’t as both studied brain structure in America
However, Casey studied normal brains which confirmed there are individual differences in brain structure of general population

Question 8

Usefulness

Answer 8

Predictions about people’s self control is useful

High delayer linked to to being protected against physical, and mental health problems