Question 1

When the performance of a patient with damage to the limbic system was compared with performance of individuals without brain damage on a social-exchange problem and a social-protection problem, the result was that the patient performed worse on

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A)  both problems. 
B)  neither problem. 
C)  the social-exchange problem. 
D)  the social-protection problem.

Question 2

Evolutionary psychologists assume that economic transactions reflect _____ processes that have been with humans since our early history and that our history reflects greater certainty for immediate gains than for delayed rewards.

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Question 3

_____ is cooperation for mutual benefit; examples include economic trades, reciprocal gift giving, and helping with the expectation that someday the favor will be returned.

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The answer of _____ is cooperation for mutual benefit; examples...

Question 4

Similar body movements, including gaze aversion, smiling, head movement, self-touching, and grooming are seen in nonhuman primates in appeasement displays, in which one individual seeks to pacify the other and keep the social bond intact; thus, the social emotion of _____ may have had its origins in appeasement.

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The answer of Similar body movements, including gaze aversion, smiling,...

Question 5

In framing studies, if participants choose to go against the traditional response and gamble with a sure thing or not take a risk with a perceived loss, the amygdala is silent and instead the _____ is active; this area is known to be involved in conflict detection as well as when an error has been detected.

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The answer of In framing studies, if participants choose to...

Question 6

Pinker (2008) suggested that the nature of moral judgments is different from other types of thinking. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

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A)  Moral judgments are different from decisions about what is imprudent. 
B)  People believe that immoral behavior should be punished. 
C)  There is a sense that moral judgments are universal. 
D)  We learn our sense of morals from our parents and teachers.

Question 7

Moral judgments are felt to be _____. Someone who thinks that rape or killing is wrong does not think that this only applies to his or her hometown but to the entire world; in this sense, they are experienced differently from cultural judgments.

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The answer of Moral judgments are felt to be _____....

Question 8

In a variety of studies, patients with ____ lobe lesions perform poorly on social exchange Wason tasks as compared to individuals without brain damage.

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A)  frontal 
B)  occiptal 
C)  parietal 
D)  temporal

Question 9

Humans and other animals display a non-rational set of rules when entering economic transitions, suggesting that factors other than traditional logic come into play. In fact, both humans and pigeons prefer _____ over _____

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperation, defection 
B)  heuristics, reason 
C) immediate gains, delayed rewards 
D)  social decisions, logical decisions

Question 10

There is research to suggest that creating a feeling of ____ in a person will increase his or her sense of moral outrage or immorality.

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The answer of There is research to suggest that creating...

Question 11

Initially, it was assumed that war was somehow unique to humans and resulted from the development of weapons or the denseness of population; however, the observation that _____ changed that view.

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A)  chimpanzees also engage in lethal attacks on one another 
B)  even primitive societies with no weapons engage in warfare 
C)  many species, from rats to rabbits, engage in organized violence 
D)  wars occur more frequently in less densely populated areas

Question 12

In an experiment, pigeons were given the opportunity to press one button that would immediately give 2 seconds of access to a grain hopper or another button that would provide 4 seconds of access after a 4-second delay. The result was that almost all of the pigeons

Accepted Answer

A)  alternated between the two keys. 
B)  chose the key that gave immediate access. 
C)  chose the key that gave more access after a delay. 
D)  learned to press both buttons simultaneously.

Question 13

Discuss the evolution of interpersonal and intragroup violence.

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Question 14

Simon suggested that one could learn about human decision making by noting how the environment in which these decisions must be made can allow for simplifications in adaptive decision making. _____ was the term he chose to reflect this process lying between the rational and the psychological.

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Exam 12: Making Social Decisions