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.

In people whose corpus callosum has not been severed verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and accurately:

A when sent to the right hemisphere first

B when sent to the left hemisphere first

C when presented to the left visual field

D when presented auditorily rather than visually

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Correct Answer: when sent to the left hemisphere first

The hindbrain consists of the:

A endocrine system and the limbic system

B reticular formation

C thalamus, hypothalamus and cerebrum

D cerebellum, medulla and pons

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Correct Answer: reticular formation

Akhtar is watching a basketball game the neural impulses from his eyes will ultimately travel to his primary visual cortex, but first they must pass through the:

A amygdala

B hypothalamus

C thalamus

D pons

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Correct Answer: hypothalamus

The __________________ lobe is to hearing the occipital lobe is to vision:

A frontal

B temporal

C Parietal

D cerebellar

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Correct Answer: temporal

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

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

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

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Correct Answer: Parental investment

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In people whose corpus callosum has not been severed verbal stimuli are identified more quickly and accurately:

The hindbrain consists of the:

Akhtar is watching a basketball game the neural impulses from his eyes will ultimately travel to his primary visual cortex, but first they must pass through the:

The __________________ lobe is to hearing the occipital lobe is to vision:

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:

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:

According to sociobiological explanations from sexual behavior, women seek out partners who will provide the most______.