CASE STUDIES - Human Relationships
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Aim /- /correct /answers✔✔ /To /investigate /if /there /is /a /biological /basis
/(difference /in /the /amygdala) /for /extraordinary /altruism
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Method /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Quasi-experiment
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Sample /- /correct /answers✔✔ /19 /people /who /donated /a /kidney /to /a
/stranger /
12 /men /
7 /women /
23-56 /years /old /
Matched /across /20 /controls /like /IQ, /income, /psychological /history /and /medication /use
Recruited /nationally /through /mails /and /electronic /organizations /to /local /and /national
/transplant /organizations
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Procedure /- /correct /answers✔✔ /STAGE /1 /: /Emotion /Recognition /Task /in
/fMRI /
Shown /120 /images /of /faces /with /6 /basic /emotions /- /anger, /disgust, /fear, /happiness, /sadness,
/surprise /
Shown /at /both /high /or /moderate /intensities /
5 /male /and /5 /female /images /for /each /emotion /
, Had /to /press /a /button /to /indicate /which /emotion /was /shown /
Time /taken /to /decide /was /measured /
STAGE /2 /: /MRI /Scan /
Determine /brain /structure /
STAGE /3 /: /Tests
Measured /levels /of /psychopathy /and /empathy
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Results /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Extraordinary /altruists /had /a /higher /average
/volume /in /right /amygdala /than /the /controls /and /a /faster /response /rate /to /the /fearful
/emotion /in /the /recognition /task. /Opposite /of /results /for /psychopaths.
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Conclusion /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Indicates /a /biological /basis /for
/prosocial/altruistic /behaviour. /The /right /amydala /is /associated /with /negative /emotions /-
/particularly /the /expression /of /fear /and /the /processing /of /fear /related /stimuli. /These /people
/are /more /responsive /and /sensitive /to /negative /emotions /expressed /by /those /around /them.
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Evaluation /- /correct /answers✔✔ /small /sample /= /low /generalisability
no /gender /difference /
wide /age /range
volunteer /sampling /= /motivated /sample
unrepresentative /of /the /population
/
niche /population
/
little /understanding /of /the /degree /of /altruism /
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Aim /- /correct /answers✔✔ /To /investigate /if /there /is /a /biological /basis
/(difference /in /the /amygdala) /for /extraordinary /altruism
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Method /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Quasi-experiment
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Sample /- /correct /answers✔✔ /19 /people /who /donated /a /kidney /to /a
/stranger /
12 /men /
7 /women /
23-56 /years /old /
Matched /across /20 /controls /like /IQ, /income, /psychological /history /and /medication /use
Recruited /nationally /through /mails /and /electronic /organizations /to /local /and /national
/transplant /organizations
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Procedure /- /correct /answers✔✔ /STAGE /1 /: /Emotion /Recognition /Task /in
/fMRI /
Shown /120 /images /of /faces /with /6 /basic /emotions /- /anger, /disgust, /fear, /happiness, /sadness,
/surprise /
Shown /at /both /high /or /moderate /intensities /
5 /male /and /5 /female /images /for /each /emotion /
, Had /to /press /a /button /to /indicate /which /emotion /was /shown /
Time /taken /to /decide /was /measured /
STAGE /2 /: /MRI /Scan /
Determine /brain /structure /
STAGE /3 /: /Tests
Measured /levels /of /psychopathy /and /empathy
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Results /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Extraordinary /altruists /had /a /higher /average
/volume /in /right /amygdala /than /the /controls /and /a /faster /response /rate /to /the /fearful
/emotion /in /the /recognition /task. /Opposite /of /results /for /psychopaths.
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Conclusion /- /correct /answers✔✔ /Indicates /a /biological /basis /for
/prosocial/altruistic /behaviour. /The /right /amydala /is /associated /with /negative /emotions /-
/particularly /the /expression /of /fear /and /the /processing /of /fear /related /stimuli. /These /people
/are /more /responsive /and /sensitive /to /negative /emotions /expressed /by /those /around /them.
Marsh /et /al /(2014) /Evaluation /- /correct /answers✔✔ /small /sample /= /low /generalisability
no /gender /difference /
wide /age /range
volunteer /sampling /= /motivated /sample
unrepresentative /of /the /population
/
niche /population
/
little /understanding /of /the /degree /of /altruism /
