Gregory Berns and His Colleagues (2005)had Participants Complete a Variation

Multiple Choice

Gregory Berns and his colleagues (2005) had participants complete a variation of the Asch experiment while in an fMRI scanner.Participants made some of their judgments without knowing what other participants had answered,and made the rest of their judgments after being told that other participants had unanimously chosen either the right answer or the wrong answer.They found that the areas of the brain dedicated to vision and perception were activated _____________ and the areas of the brain associated with negative emotions and modulating social behaviour were activated ____________________.

A) during all trials; when they disagreed with the group and gave the correct answer
B) during all the trials; whenever they were provided with information about the other participants' answers
C) when participants answered alone; whenever they were provided with information about the other participants' answers
D) when participants answered alone and when they conformed to the group's wrong answers; when they disagreed with the group and gave the correct answer
E) whenever they were provided with information about the other participants' answers; when they answered alone