Celia and Jevon were having a very romantic evening that had moved to Celia's bedroom. As they were getting very physical, it suddenly occurred to Jevon that he had not brought any condoms, and when he asked Celia she informed him that she was also
without protection. Even though both of the lovers really wanted to proceed with the planned activities, their __________ systems helped them to stop, think rationally, and avoid doing something that would feel good, but could bring very unfortunate outcomes.
a. executive control
b. pleasure inhibition
c. hedonic restriction
d. algorithmic heuristic
Answer: A
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