income inequality

Question 1

Poverty->mindset->behavior

Answer 1

Certain psychological outcomes associated with poverty, those outcomes have a impact on behavior

Question 2

Bandwidth

Answer 2

capacity to do things

Question 3

2 things that affect bandwidth:

Answer 3

Cognitive capacity:how much space is in our brain
Short term memory

Executive control:behavioral inhibition
Getting yourself to do something

Question 4

When we have poverty of resources, we tend to involuntarily focus on the lack of resources, capturing our attention -> which impedes our bandwidth

Answer 4

Not inherent capability of bandwidth, but immediate capacity brought on by lack of environmental resources

You recognize a lack of resources, and so you experience a lack of bandwidth, because you’re so focused on that lack of resources

Ie: time as a resource; when you’re out of time, you focus on how much time you have left, and that takes brain power away from the actual task

Question 5

Raven’s progressive matrices

Answer 5

Testing Ability to detect patterns and cognitive capacity

Look at images in this card, and which option fits into the bottom right corner

Question 6

Executive control is measured using a behavioral inhibition task

Answer 6

Two buttons in front of you, if you see a heart you press the button on same side
If you see a flower, press the button on other side