sin city

Question 1

ainslie 1975

temporal discounting

Answer 1

the longer the delay before the reciept of a reward, the less valuable the reward to the individual

difficult to adhere to long term distal goals in the face of immediate reward

Question 2

kavanagh et al 2005

temptations and pos affect

Answer 2

pos primitive hedonic associations to temptations triggers approach - may be unconscious
may be a consequence of assoc learning or may be biologically predisposed

Question 3

IAT on automatic affective responses to stimuli

Answer 3

provides a measure of implicit attitudes, valence and affect
derives from RT to responde to concepts paired with pos/neg valence

introspection/self report ma be inaccurate to true linking - implicit reactions to hedonic stimuli likely to be more accurate

Question 4

casey et al 2011 IAT and neural correlates

Answer 4

VS activit reflects heightened responsivity to temptations

Question 5

dusthimer 2016

IAT and construal

Answer 5

automaticity of high vs low construal of temptations
evoke tendency to focus on distal/abstract features (better sc) or immediate concrete specifics (low sc)

unsuccessful dieters implicitly low > high construal

Question 6

defing liking

Answer 6

hedonic hotspots
areas in limbic system capable of generatine liking and pleasure

NAcc shell - Mu opiod agonist heightens liking to sucrose 2-3x

Question 7

define wanting

Answer 7

dissociable psychologically and neurobiologically from liking
incentive salience - motivation to approach rewards with specific features - motivational component towards a reward

Question 8

dissociation between wanting and liking

Answer 8

can hold neg liking/neg implicit attitudes BUT still motivated to seek/want the stimuli

Question 9

dissociation between wanting and liking

de houwer et al 2006

Answer 9

smoker pos implicit attitude when measure reflects personal
but neg when reflects societal view

• implicitly rewarding but frowned upon

know temptation bad but gravitate towards it

Question 10

vogt fishbach and de houwer

temptation and attentional bias

Answer 10

succumbing to temptation impact approach motivations and attention bias

1. temptation vs neutral images
2. goal vs neutral images
   - RT to respond to target on screen

attend sig more to attempt related stimuli
- slower when image incongruent with target

dangerous - subconsciously more likely to perceive and therefore approach/purchase unhealthy food

Question 11

alt

Answer 11

counteractive control theory

Question 12

counteractive control theory

Answer 12

implicit + explicit sc attitudes
auto neg for icecream
pull goal, push tempt
impact by situational/disp. variables (h) ie wm, resources, trait sc