Decision Making

Question 1

The dual-systems model of decision making suggests that there are 2 ways in which we make decisions: emotion-based (______) and rule-based (______)

Answer 1

Experiental-affective; analytic

Question 2

The amygdala is believed to be involved in which type of decision making?

Answer 2

Experiental-affective

Question 3

Experiental-affective decision making allows the body to react faster to potentially threatening stimuli. True or false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Kluver-Bucy syndrome, characterised by a lack of fear, is caused by damage to which part of the brain?

Answer 4

The amygdala

Question 5

Changes in emotional responses, including but not limited to fear, are caused by damage to which part of the brain?

Answer 5

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Question 6

Domasio’s somatic marker hypothesis (SMH) argues that, when outcomes to decisions are ambiguous or uncertain, we must rely on what to help make the decision?

Answer 6

Emotions

Question 7

The Iowa Gambling Task (Beschara et al., 1994,1999) can be used to test which system of decision making?

Answer 7

Experiential-affective

Question 8

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) plays a massive role in temporal discounting. The temporal discounting principle suggests that:

Answer 8

The value of something decreases with time

Question 9

People who are heavily intoxicated by alcohol generally experience a lack of decision-making skills. Alcohol inhibits neurons in which part of the brain responsible for decision-making?

Answer 9

Prefrontal cortex

Question 10

Aside from alcohol, what else can be responsible for inhibiting decision-making in the (ventromedial) PFC?

Answer 10

Fear