psychology Mcqs
451. The brain area central to language production is __________?
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A. Brocas area

B. fissure of Ronaldo

C. Sylvain fissure

D. Wernickes area

452. Which part of the neuron release transmitters onto receiving cells?
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A. glia

B. action potentials

C. axon terminals

D. dendrites

453. Damage to hippocampus would result in difficulty ____________?
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A. understanding language

B. producing language

C. encoding new information into long-term memory

D. processing sensory information

455. What might be elicited by stroking the bottom of a babys foot?
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A. Neo-pad reflex

B. Babinski reflex

C. Palmar reflex

D. Moro reflex

457. The ____________ is associated with the non-dominant hemisphere?
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A. Brocas area

B. mathematics

C. logic

D. recognition of faces
458. The term congenital means ______________?
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A. embryonic

B. present at birth

C. recessive characteristic

D. genetic

459. ____________ psychologists work to improve the efficiency of people in business?
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A. cognitive

B. industrial/organizational

C. psychological

D. developmental

460. The spinal cord does not ____________?
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A. contain spinal nerves

B. control primitive impulses

C. relay nerve impulses

D. process sensor impulses

461. Brocas area and Wernickes area of the brain are involved in the ____________ and _____________ of speech respectively.
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A. comprehension, formulation

B. production, comprehension

C. understanding, production

D. organizing, production

462. Receptors are generally referred to as chemicals are ___________?
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A. temperature and pressure

B. gustation and olfaction

C. auditory and temperature

D. visual and auditory

464. Galtons major contribution to psychology was his ___________?
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A. creation of standardized measures of intelligence

B. explanation of the phi-phenomenon

C. focus on individual differences

D. theory of infantile sexuality

466. According to Erikson, the central crisis of adolescence is _____________?
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A. industry vs inferiority

B. identity vs confusion

C. trust vs mistrust

D. intimacy vs isolation

468. The white matter of the central nervous system is actually ____________?
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A. nerve fiber pathways

B. cortical issue

C. cell centers

D. cell bodies

470. Which of the following is true of afferent neurons?
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A. not located in spinal cord

B. located in the dorsal column of spinal cord

C. found only in striated muscles

D. located in the ventral column of spinal cord

471. What is a continuing function of heredity after birth?
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A. maturation

B. transduction

C. habituation

D. learning

472. Erikson proposed that trust or mistrust develops during the ____________?
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A. latency stage

B. maturity stage

C. oral-sensory stage

D. muscular-anal stage

476. Which of the following choice is not characteristic of infantile autism?
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A. language problem

B. extreme aloneness

C. brain lesions

D. bizarre behavior

477. The pituitary gland secretes ______________?
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A. FSH (follicle stimulating hormone)

B. all of the above

C. TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

D. ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)

480. The function of dendrites is to ______________?
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A. receive incoming signals

B. control pain

C. release neurotransmitters

D. coordinate the activation of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system

484. Humans normally have 46 chromosomes. A person born with an extra 21st chromosome (47 in all) would have ______________?
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A. Downs syndrome

B. Turners syndrome

C. Kleinfelters syndrome

D. Pickwickians syndrome

486. The cerebral cortex receives information from the ___________?
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A. visual system

B. auditory system

C. all of the above

D. motor system

488. This is not a part of brainstem?
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A. corpus collosum

B. medulla

C. midbrain

D. pons

492. The area of the brain where the sense of smell is processed is the _____________?
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A. olfactory bulbs

B. parietal lobe

C. pineal gland

D. frontal lobe

493. Hormones are to endocrine system as ___________ are to the nervous system?
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A. neurotransmitters

B. synapses

C. action potential

D. nerves

494. The phrase me milk and give ball are examples of __________ speech?
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A. telegraphic

B. incongruent

C. semantic

D. syntactic

495. This is not the characteristic of preoperational stage of development __________________?
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A. egocentric thought

B. problem solving behavior

C. static thinking

D. understanding of conservation
496. Behavior is best defined as ____________?
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A. anything we can infer from a persons action

B. any action we can observe and record

C. anything a person does or feels

D. any action, whether observable or not

497. Which psychologist will be helpful in order to build a spirit of teamwork in the workers of an office?
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A. clinical psychologist

B. personality psychologist

C. developmental psychologist

D. educational psychologist

498. The dominant hemisphere of the brain ___________?
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A. adept at spatial tasks

B. controls the expression and comprehension of language

C. controls the non-dominant hand

D. works independently of non-dominant hemisphere

499. The divisions of the peripheral nervous system are the ____________?
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A. CNS and PNS

B. somatic and visceral

C. visceral and central

D. somatic and autonomic