Quiz 4 (Psych 049)

monkey’s own choice and the other monkey’s choice

Neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex of monkeys are activated during social interactions. The neural activity contains information about  ________________

• monkey’s own choice and the other monkey’s choice

• monkey’s own choice only

• other monkey’s choice only

ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)

Participants were performing a brand preference test. They visualized images of Nike or Adidas shoes, while researchers were performing an fMRI. Researchers found that this group of participants had a preference for Nike shoes and images of Nike shoes were found to be associated with activity in __________

• hippocampus

• visual cortex

• motor cortex

• ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)

No

Individuals were playing a game where they were shown a pair of shoes, followed by the price and then eventually had to make a decision of whether to buy the shoes or not. Some individuals showed a high activity in the Insula region of the brain.  If you had to predict whether these individuals bought the shoes what would your prediction be ?

• No

• Yes

true

T/F: According to the Pepsi paradox, individuals have no preference for Pepsi or Coke when brand information is unavailable

true

T/F: State of mind refers to the ability to understand or predict another person’s mental state ?

No

Individuals were playing a game where they were shown a pair of shoes, followed by the price and then eventually had to make a decision of whether to buy the shoes or not. Some individuals showed very low activity in the nucleus acumbens region of the brain. If you had to predict whether these individuals bought the shoes what would your prediction be ?

• No

• Yes