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This section includes 1405 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Logical and Verbal Reasoning knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 551. |
Peripheral nervous system is connected to the central nervous system and most of theseconnections are made via |
| A. | Spinal cord. |
| B. | Cranial nerves |
| C. | Medulla |
| D. | Pons |
| Answer» B. Cranial nerves | |
| 552. |
The central nervous system is composed of _______ and spinal cord |
| A. | Cerebellum |
| B. | Brain |
| C. | Cerebral hemispheres |
| D. | Cranial nerves |
| Answer» C. Cerebral hemispheres | |
| 553. |
Central theory of emotion was proposed by |
| A. | William James |
| B. | Young |
| C. | Canon |
| D. | Aronold |
| Answer» D. Aronold | |
| 554. |
--------------argues emotion was a conscious state that resulted from sensed emotionalbehaviour and visceral reactions. |
| A. | William James |
| B. | J. B. Watson |
| C. | P. T. Young |
| D. | Arnold |
| Answer» B. J. B. Watson | |
| 555. |
Activation Theory of emotion was proposed by |
| A. | J. |
| B. | Watson (b) Arnold |
| C. | P. T. Young |
| D. | Lindsley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 556. |
According to---------theory, diffuse sympathetic discharge prepares an animal for fight orflight, both highly emotional responses. |
| A. | Central |
| B. | Cognitive |
| C. | Evolutionary |
| D. | Emergency |
| Answer» E. | |
| 557. |
-------aphasia results from damage to a specific area of th left frontal lobe, just anterior tothe lower end |
| A. | Wernicker’s |
| B. | Gazzaniga’s |
| C. | Broca’s |
| D. | Bartlett’s |
| Answer» D. Bartlett’s | |
| 558. |
An instrument that measures several emotional responses such as the GSR, breathing,heart rate, and blood pressure; |
| A. | Pneumograph |
| B. | Myograph |
| C. | Polygraph |
| D. | Pilomotor |
| Answer» D. Pilomotor | |
| 559. |
The process of laying down a permanent memory trace that is caused by preservation |
| A. | Convergence |
| B. | Consolidation |
| C. | Correlation |
| D. | Contraction |
| Answer» C. Correlation | |
| 560. |
------------is the brain activity that follows practice, is the basis for immediate memory. |
| A. | Contraction |
| B. | Perseveration |
| C. | Conduction |
| D. | Posttatanic |
| Answer» C. Conduction | |
| 561. |
According to the ---hypothesis, the process of laying down a permanent memory tracethat is caused by perseveration of neural activity after practice |
| A. | Two-phase |
| B. | Single-phase |
| C. | Conduction |
| D. | Reflex model |
| Answer» B. Single-phase | |
| 562. |
Experimental studies in visceral and glandular conditioning put forth by |
| A. | Pavlov |
| B. | Skinner |
| C. | Neal Miller |
| D. | Watson |
| Answer» D. Watson | |
| 563. |
Loss of attention to a stimulus caused by repetition, or lack of novelty, is |
| A. | Gastrula |
| B. | Habituation |
| C. | Hypoxia |
| D. | Cupula |
| Answer» C. Hypoxia | |
| 564. |
Impairment in language skills, usually caused by brain damage is; |
| A. | Aphagia |
| B. | Aphasia |
| C. | Alaxia |
| D. | Amensia |
| Answer» D. Amensia | |
| 565. |
Sickled -shaped band of crossing nerve fibers that connect the cerebral hemispheres, is |
| A. | Corticobulbar tract |
| B. | Corpus striatum |
| C. | Corpus Callosum |
| D. | Corpus luteum |
| Answer» D. Corpus luteum | |
| 566. |
-----is the principle that any part of the cortex can serve as well as any other part inlearning. |
| A. | Two-phase |
| B. | Purkinjee |
| C. | Parkinson’s |
| D. | Equipotentiality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 567. |
---------------are the striped bodies; subcortical centers within the cerebral hemispheres,consisting of alternating layers of gray and white matter |
| A. | Corpus striatum |
| B. | Corpus luteum |
| C. | Commissural fibers |
| D. | Corpus collosum |
| Answer» B. Corpus luteum | |
| 568. |
-----------------fibers connecting the cerebral hemispheres, such as those of the corpuscollosum and anterior and posterior |
| A. | Corpus striatum |
| B. | Commissural |
| C. | Coccygeal |
| D. | Gaglion |
| Answer» C. Coccygeal | |
| 569. |
The concept that phylogenetically newer and more complex parts of the brain take over,or dominate, the functioning of older parts of the brain, is termed as: |
| A. | Encephalization |
| B. | habituation |
| C. | consolidation |
| D. | perseveration |
| Answer» B. habituation | |
| 570. |
--------------model proposed that interference patterns among the firing or slow potentials of many cells forms the mechanism by means of which memories are impressed andexpressed. |
| A. | Axon |
| B. | Consolidation |
| C. | Fundav |
| D. | Hologram |
| Answer» E. | |
| 571. |
---------------is the removal of part of brain |
| A. | Delation |
| B. | Ablation |
| C. | Lesion |
| D. | Ageutia |
| Answer» C. Lesion | |
| 572. |
----------------conducted that consolidation is a “time-dependent process that is essential tothe formation of long-term memory” |
| A. | Russel |
| B. | Muller |
| C. | Penfield |
| D. | McGaugh |
| Answer» D. McGaugh | |
| 573. |
The role of hippocampus on short term memory was studies by----------------- |
| A. | Penfield |
| B. | Pilzeck |
| C. | Russel |
| D. | Pavlov |
| Answer» B. Pilzeck | |
| 574. |
--------------is a hypersexed behaviour resulted from bilateral removal of the temporallobes |
| A. | Hysteria |
| B. | Hypoglycemia |
| C. | Kliver-Bucy syndrome |
| D. | Myopia |
| Answer» D. Myopia | |
| 575. |
-------is the oldest areas of the cerebral cortex, originally devoted to smell |
| A. | Paleocortex |
| B. | amydala |
| C. | Premotor area |
| D. | Perelymph |
| Answer» B. amydala | |
| 576. |
An instruments that measures several emotional responses controlled by the ANS: |
| A. | Ergograph |
| B. | Polygraph |
| C. | Tathistoscope |
| D. | Mayograph |
| Answer» C. Tathistoscope | |
| 577. |
--------suggested a circuit from the entorbinal cortex to the hippocampus, then to hypothalamus via the fornix, from there to the anterior thalamus, and finally to thecingulated gyrus involved in emotional experience. |
| A. | Schacter |
| B. | Cannon |
| C. | James |
| D. | Papez |
| Answer» E. | |
| 578. |
-----------------and--------------have proposed that emotional behaviour and experience areinitiated by the cortex and merely carried out by the hypothalamus. |
| A. | Cannon and Bard |
| B. | Freeman and Arnold |
| C. | Papez and Arnold |
| D. | James and Lange |
| Answer» C. Papez and Arnold | |
| 579. |
Emotion was a conscious state that resulted from sensed emotional behaviour andvisceral reaction: |
| A. | Cannon-Bard |
| B. | William James |
| C. | Young |
| D. | Arnold |
| Answer» B. William James | |
| 580. |
The principle of--------------action states that the cortex acts as a whole in learning. |
| A. | Cell |
| B. | Neuron |
| C. | Unit |
| D. | Mass |
| Answer» E. | |
| 581. |
Cortical ablation effects on learning and retention was studies by-------------- |
| A. | Watson |
| B. | Woodworth |
| C. | Johnson |
| D. | Lashley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 582. |
_______________________sense a decreased blood volume, and signal to area postrema andnucleus tractus solitarius as well. |
| A. | Arterial baroreceptors |
| B. | Subfornical organ |
| C. | renin angiotensin system (RAS) |
| D. | Cardiopulmonary receptors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 583. |
The stages of sleep were first described in 1937 by ______________________. |
| A. | Alfred Lee Loomis |
| B. | Edward Adolph |
| C. | Clark Hull |
| D. | Jenny Craig |
| Answer» B. Edward Adolph | |
| 584. |
Excessive thirst, known as polydipsia, along with excessive urination, known as polyuria, may be an indication of ___________. |
| A. | Renal problems |
| B. | Diabetes |
| C. | Starvation |
| D. | seizures |
| Answer» C. Starvation | |
| 585. |
______________is produced by adipose tissue to signal fat storage reserves in the body,and mediates long-term appetitive controls, |
| A. | Leptin |
| B. | Ghrelin |
| C. | Orexin |
| D. | PYY 3-36 |
| Answer» B. Ghrelin | |
| 586. |
The ______________ postulates that certain ethnic groups may be more prone to obesityin an equivalent environment. |
| A. | Glucostatic hypothesis |
| B. | lipostatic hypothesis |
| C. | Russek’s studies |
| D. | Thrifty gene hypothesis |
| Answer» E. | |
| 587. |
The __________________has also recently been described as the site of a novelhypothalamic appetite-regulatory circuit involving triiodothyronine (T3). |
| A. | LHA |
| B. | MCH |
| C. | VMN |
| D. | NPY |
| Answer» D. NPY | |
| 588. |
________________also determine food intake in the long-term and are important inmaintaining energy balance over a nutritionally significant interval. |
| A. | Metabolic signals |
| B. | Cephalic signals |
| C. | Gastrointestinal signals |
| D. | Intestinal signals |
| Answer» B. Cephalic signals | |
| 589. |
Lesioning of the __________________reduces bodyweight. |
| A. | LHA |
| B. | MCH |
| C. | VMN |
| D. | NPY |
| Answer» B. MCH | |
| 590. |
The _______________is a key hypothalamic nucleus in the regulation of appetite. |
| A. | CART |
| B. | NPY |
| C. | ARC |
| D. | PVN |
| Answer» D. PVN | |
| 591. |
Russek first proposed the ____________as a site where changes in metabolism aredetected to control feeding behavior, |
| A. | Intestine |
| B. | Liver |
| C. | Thalamus |
| D. | Hormone |
| Answer» C. Thalamus | |
| 592. |
Feeding center is a group of cells in the _______________that when stimulated cause asensation of hunger. |
| A. | lateral hypothalamus |
| B. | cerebral cortex |
| C. | mid brain |
| D. | ventromedial hypothalamus |
| Answer» B. cerebral cortex | |
| 593. |
Damage to the lateral hypothalamus may lead to a condition known as ______________. |
| A. | Anorexia nervosa |
| B. | Bulimia |
| C. | Frölich\s syndrome |
| D. | Cohen syndrome |
| Answer» D. Cohen syndrome | |
| 594. |
A chronic lack of nutritious food can cause various illnesses, and will eventually lead to______________. |
| A. | Depression |
| B. | Misfunction |
| C. | Starvation |
| D. | Suppression |
| Answer» D. Suppression | |
| 595. |
------------------- is the tendency to eat in response to negative emotions. |
| A. | Binge eating |
| B. | Emotional eating |
| C. | Dieting |
| D. | Over eating |
| Answer» C. Dieting | |
| 596. |
The part of the brain that interacts most importantly with the sex hormones in theregulation of sexual behaviour is the |
| A. | hypothalamus |
| B. | cortex. |
| C. | thalamus |
| D. | medulla |
| Answer» B. cortex. | |
| 597. |
Testosterone is |
| A. | an androgen |
| B. | an estrogen |
| C. | a progestin |
| D. | a monoamine |
| Answer» B. an estrogen | |
| 598. |
Any drug capable of effecting behaviour is called |
| A. | psychoactive |
| B. | psychopharmacological |
| C. | psychedelic |
| D. | consciousness alerting |
| Answer» B. psychopharmacological | |
| 599. |
Some researchers believe that an abnormally high level of dopamine may be related tothe occurrence of |
| A. | parkinson\s disease |
| B. | mental depression |
| C. | alzheimer\s disease |
| D. | schizophrenia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 600. |
If it were discovered that destruction of a particular area of the brain disrupted a certain behaviour but that destruction of any other part of the brain had no effect on thatbehaviour, this would be evidence in favour of |
| A. | antilocalisation |
| B. | localisation of function |
| C. | both localisation and antilocalisation, depending upon the size of the lesion |
| D. | plasticity |
| Answer» C. both localisation and antilocalisation, depending upon the size of the lesion | |