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Psychology 6096 MCQs [All-Courses]

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

Pervez has profound difficulty producing spoken language. if his problem attributable to brain damage would probably be found in:

A the cerebellum

B Sperry’s area

C Broca’s area

D Wernicke’s area

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Correct Answer: Broca’s area

Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

A empathetic division of the peripheral nervous system

B parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

C somatic division of the peripheral nervous system

D sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

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Correct Answer: sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system

The highest form of learning is:

A Imprinting

B Latent learning

C Insight learning

D Conditioned reflex type I

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Correct Answer: Insight learning

A neural impulse is initiated when neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative or even positive. This event is called:

A an action potential

B a resting potential

C impulse facilitation

D inhibitory

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Correct Answer: an action potential

Neurons convey information about the strength of stimuli by varying:

A the size of their action potentials

B the velocity of their action potentials

C the rate at which of fire action potentials

D all of the above

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Correct Answer: the rate at which of fire action potentials

Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:

A anxiety

B schizophrenia

C Alzheimer’s disease

D nicotine addiction

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Correct Answer: schizophrenia

The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving massages from other neurons is the:

A axon

B myelin

C axon terminal

D dendrite

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Correct Answer: dendrite

An extremely complex behaviour that includes biological rhythms, territorial behaviour, courtship, mating, aggression, altruism and social organizations is:

A Instincts or Reflexes

B Innate behaviour

C Kinesis

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: Instincts or Reflexes

The behaviour that depends on the experiences in one’s own life but for this to occur depends upon the development and evolution of the nervous system of that animal is:

A Taxis

B Kinesis

C Reflex

D Learning

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Correct Answer: Learning

The mechanism that helps to respond a specific stimulus is:

A Sign stimulus

B Innate releasing mechanism

C Inherited complex

D All of the above

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Correct Answer: Innate releasing mechanism

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Pervez has profound difficulty producing spoken language. if his problem attributable to brain damage would probably be found in:

Jim just barely avoided a head-on collision on a narrow road. with heart pounding, hands shaking, and body perspiring, Jim recognizes that these are signs of the body’s fight of the body’s fight-or-flight response, which is controlled by the:

The highest form of learning is:

A neural impulse is initiated when neuron’s charge momentarily becomes less negative or even positive. This event is called:

Neurons convey information about the strength of stimuli by varying:

Alterations in activity at dopamine synapses have been implicated in the development of:

The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving massages from other neurons is the:

An extremely complex behaviour that includes biological rhythms, territorial behaviour, courtship, mating, aggression, altruism and social organizations is:

The behaviour that depends on the experiences in one’s own life but for this to occur depends upon the development and evolution of the nervous system of that animal is:

The mechanism that helps to respond a specific stimulus is: