What Was One of the Results of the Guyer and Colleagues

question 79

Multiple Choice

What was one of the results of the Guyer and colleagues' (2009) study, where teenagers were imaged with fMRI equipment while they thought they were participating in a networking task with other teenagers (in reality, the study was rigged such that they were automatically provided with positive or negative feedback) ?

• A) When the adolescents were told that other teenagers were interested in them, areas of their brains known to be sensitive to rewards were activated.
• B) When the adolescents were told that other teenagers were interested in them, no areas of their brains were activated.
• C) When the adolescents were told that other teenagers were interested in them, areas of the brain that are activated during highly stressful events were activated.
• D) When the adolescents were told that other teenagers were interested in them, the prefrontal cortex was fully
• Activated.

Grasp the principles of associative networks and priming and their implications for memory and cognition.

Comprehend the process of memory construction, including Bartlett's research and boundary extension.

Analyze the efficacy of maintenance rehearsal versus elaborative rehearsal in processing information into long-term memory.

Understand the principles of context-dependent and state-dependent memory through the lens of the encoding specificity principle.

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Definitions:

Random Ratio

A reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral psychology concept involving the removal of an unpleasant stimulus to increase the likelihood of a desired response.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Fixed Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses.