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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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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.

If a food causes sickness, or simply precedes sickness caused by something else, a learned________may result.
A psychosomatic illness
B taste aversion
C anorexia
D specific hunger
Correct Answer: taste aversion
According to sociobiological explanations from sexual behavior, women seek out partners who will provide the most______.
A DNA
B Sex
C Parental investment
D Sexual investment
Correct Answer: Parental investment
Current research considers human sexual behavior to be motivated by what factors in the brain?
A External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
B Pre-optic area and estrogen
C Interpersonal attraction and financial stability
D Intelligence and physical attractiveness
Correct Answer: External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
Which of the following are actual factors confirming the involvement of the preoptic area in the control of male sexual behavior?
A Lesions of the preoptic area can elicit copulatory activity
B Electrical stimulation of the preoptic area can permanently abolish male sexual behavior
C Neuronal and metabolic activity is induced the preoptic area during copulation
D Small implants of the female hormone estrogen into the preoptic area restore sexual behavior is castrated rats
Correct Answer: Neuronal and metabolic activity is induced the preoptic area during copulation
The pleasantness of touch is located in the_________.
A Human orbitofrontal cortex
B Human renin-angiotensin system
C Human hypothalamus
D Peacock hypothalamus
Correct Answer: Human orbitofrontal cortex
Which, if any, of the factors below has probably NOT influenced human sexual behavior in evolution?
A Women might choose a partner likely to provide reliability and stability
B Women might be attracted to men who are successful and powerful
C Men might guard the partner from the attentions of other men
D None of the above-all are true
Correct Answer: None of the above-all are true
Why do we keep drinking even when our bodies are deprived of water?
A Wide range of drinks available stimulate desire to drink
B We drink more when offered variety as opposed to only one type of drink
C Eating can stimulate drinking behavior
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
_______is the term that refers to a decreased volume of blood circulation, and it leads to the behavioural response of_______.
A Cellular dehydration; thirst
B Hypovolemia; drinking
C Cellular dehydration; drinking
D Hypovolemia; eating
Correct Answer: Hypovolemia; drinking
Which of the following statements about thirst in UNTRUE?
A When our bodies lose too much water, we feel thirsty
B When we eat foods rich in salt, we feel thirsty
C Cellular dehydration is sensed peripherally in the body
D The part of the brain that senses cellular dehydration is between the preoptic area and the hypothalamus
Correct Answer: Cellular dehydration is sensed peripherally in the body
Motivational states are states that lead animals to work toward_______.
A Emotions
B Goals
C Society
D Communication
Correct Answer: Goals