PSYC401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Facial Expression, Making Believe, Botulinum Toxin
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4 psychological activities that influence emotional states: emotion and decision making. Belie(cid:448)e people ofte(cid:374) (cid:373)ake good de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) (cid:862)go (cid:449)ith their gut feeli(cid:374)g(cid:863) Iowa gamboling task- a card game where participants have a series of trails. On each trial they pick a card one of four decks and win or lose money, depending on the card they pick. 2 decks have high payout but high loss (/) 1 out of 2 chance that you will lose. 2 decks have a low payout with a low loss (/) The earlier participants are just guessing, not yet figured out the task, they are as likely to choose cards from the bad deck as the good deck. Middle trail parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t explain which decks are good and bad but they perform well picking cards from the good pile. Later participants figured out the task, they can explain which deck is good and bad, choosing from good deck.
