Jonas is being tested for decline in cognitive functioning. The test involves assessing his ability to plan actions, allocate attention to goals, detect errors, monitor progress on tasks, and deal with novel or difficult circumstances. The researchers are testing Jonas' ________ attention.

Celia and Jevon were having a very romantic evening that had moved to Celia's bedroom. As they were getting very physical, it suddenly occurred to Jevon that he had not brought any condoms, and when he asked Celia she informed him that she was also

without protection. Even though both of the lovers really wanted to proceed with the planned activities, their __________ systems helped them to stop, think rationally, and avoid doing something that would feel good, but could bring very unfortunate outcomes. a. executive control b. pleasure inhibition c. hedonic restriction d. algorithmic heuristic

In the study in which U.S. participants were told to select a gift and shown a group of three green pens and one orange pen, what were the Americans more likely to select?

a. one green pen b. two green pens c. the orange pen d. three green pens