Using the Iowa Gambling Task, modified so that sensitivity to punishment could be distinguished from sensitivity to reward, sensitivity to punishment was found to be
a. low in early adolescence but grew steadily into adulthood.
b. low throughout adolescence.
c. high in early adolescence but declined steadily into adulthood.
d. high throughout adolescence.
Question 2
Smith et al. (2012) gave people 8 to 17 years of age a test of executive functioning and the Iowa Gambling Task, in which people choose whether to prefer risky decks of cards with big payoffs, and big potential losses, or less risky decks with lower payoffs and lower losses. They found that executive functioning scores improved steadily from 8 to 17 years of age and
a. children generally chose the riskier decks, whereas adolescents chose the less risky decks.
b. the tendency to choose risky decks first increased in early adolescence, and then decreased in middle to late adolescence.
c. the tendency to choose risky desks first decreased in early to middle adolescence, and then increased in late adolescence.
d. there was a steady improvement with age in the tendency to choose less risky decks and reject riskier decks.
