Explore AP Psychology 1.4.A questions on brain structures, the prefrontal cortex, executive functions, and how brain regions support behavior and mental processes.
Chandler and Alex were transferred to a new city and needed to find a new home. They carefully considered
every house within their price range and finally purchased one that met all their criteria.
Explain how each of the following is related to their decision to buy the home.
- Prefrontal cortex
One month before the move, Chandler and Alex asked friends to help them organize and pack their belongings.
One week before the scheduled moving day, they learned that they needed to move out within 48 hours, so they
quickly finished packing.
Prefrontal cortex
Point 1: Prefrontal cortex
Student must specify an active cognitive process (e.g., decision making, executive functioning, planning,
logical thinking, judgment, inhibition, evaluating, integrating, influence of personality, intentional retrieval).
Examples:
Score "Chandler and Alex might use their prefrontal cortex to evaluate the pros and cons of all the
houses they look at."
Do not score "decision" or "decide" or "making a decision" as a cognitive process, but each may
establish the context of the application ("decision making" is sufficient as a cognitive process
because it is actively deliberative, but it does not establish context by itself).
Do not score "thinking" or "memory" by itself.