CASEY

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

The find out if participants were low delayers on the marshmallow test still struggled with resisting tempatiationin adulthood

Question 2

Sample ?

Answer 2

59 participants, all from original marshmallows test

Split in to 2 groups based on marshmallows test

Question 3

What we low delayers

Answer 3

Ps who consistently gave in to temptation and couldn’t delay gratification for long

Question 4

What were high delayers

Answer 4

Ps who consistently resisted temptation and could delay gratification

Question 5

Procedure of exp 1

Answer 5

Ps completed 2 versions of go/no go task . Cool version of the task - m&f stimuli , one sex presented as go one presented as no go . Ps instructed to press a button when go is presented and leave it for no go . 160 trials per run. Hot task same but Happy and fearful expressions

Question 6

Procedure 2

Answer 6

fMRI used to examine neural correlates of delay of gratification. It was anticipated that low delayers would show diminished activity in the right prefrontal cortex compared to high delayers. 27 ps from exp 1 took part, asked to complete hot task however differences in times and apparatus

Question 7

Key findings from exp 1

Answer 7

Ps performed with a high level of accuracy for correctly responding to go trials
Accuracy for no go trials was more variable with low delayers committing more false alarms than high delayers

Question 8

Key findings from exp 2

Answer 8

Overall accuracy rates for the hot go no go tasks were uniformly high for go trials with more variable performance to no go

Question 9

Conclusions

Answer 9

Individuals who at 4 has difficulty in delaying gratification have more difficulty as adults in suppressing responses to positive cues than those who don’t.

Question 10

Ethics

Answer 10

No deception
Consent
Withdrawal

Question 11

Validity

Answer 11

Controlled conditions standardised instructions

Extraneous variables could be controlled