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14 Cards in this Set
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Two systems in brain
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Reasoning vs. Emotion/Intuition
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4 things of emotional system of brain
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Intuition
Results in a “good” or “bad” feeling Faster: automatic and effortless Associated with somatic (body) states (e.g., sweating) |
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Two parts of brain that emotional system covers
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Involves amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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Cognitive system in brain
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Effortful Reasoning and Cognitive Control
Utilitarian (considers costs vs. benefits) Slower: uses attention and working memory Resolves conflict when reason and emotion don’t agree Suppress inappropriate or unwanted automatic behavior |
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Two parts of brain for cognitive system
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Involves lateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex
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Head injuries cause
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ventromedial prefrontal damage
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In the lab...
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Patients with ventromedial damage fail to show anticipatory sweating when contemplating a decision with negative consequences
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Two roles of amygdala
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Role in emotional learning and responses, especially to aversive stimuli (fear)
Role in perception of fearful facial expressions Lack of a fear response through conditioning or explicit learning Difficulty with Fearful Facial Expressions |
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Responsibilities of cog system
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Detecting conflict between automatic and effortful processes
Overcoming conflict Suppressing Inappropriate/automatic Behavior |
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Evidence of cog system
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Anterior cingulate cortex and lateral PFC activity when there is high response conflict and errors`
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Greene test results
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Experiment 1 Results
Personal vs. impersonal: Activation of ventromedial PFC and amygdala (emotion) areas during personal moral dilemmas. People treat these dilemmas differently because the personal dilemma evokes an emotional response. |
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Personal and impersonal
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Personal: Pushing the big guy over the bridge to stop the train
Impersonal: Hitting the switch so the train hits the man |
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Theory of psychopaths
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Psychopaths lack a healthy emotional system that would normally make it aversive to harm others
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Results of psychopath tests
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fMRI response of Psychopaths
in Moral Dilemma task Reduced amygdala activity in psychopaths, correlated with psychopathy score Glenn, Raine, & Schug, 2009 |
