Inhibitory control, often conceptualized as an executive function, is the ability to inhibit or hold back a prepotent response.
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As intoxication tends to exacerbate decision makers'prepotent response, this result provides support for the self-control than the altruistic punishment account.
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A " prepotent response " is a response for which immediate reinforcement ( positive or negative ) is available or has been previously associated with that response.
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An "'inhibitory control test "'measures an individual's ability to override their natural, habitual, or dominant behavioral response ( sometimes called a " prepotent response " ) to a stimulus in order to implement more adaptive behaviors.