psychology MCQs – Page 32

Practise multiple-choice questions from psychology for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

psychology Mcqs
621. Assuming the analogy of doorbell, which aspect of the neuron would most closely approximate the button that a visitor would push?
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A. terminal endings

B. dendrites

C. cell body

D. axon

622. The fight for fight response to a perceived threat is associated with increased activity of ____________?
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A. sympathetic nervous system

B. corpus collosum

C. the para-sympathetic nervous system

D. cerebral cortex

623. If a neuron will not fire regardless of the amount of stimulation, it is most likely ____________?
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A. in its absolute refractory period

B. in its relative refractory period

C. at its resting potential

D. an afferent neuron

624. If the gene for blue eyes is recessive and if a child have blue eyes, which of the following must be true?
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A. both parents have blue eyes

B. the childs sibling has brown eyes

C. each parent has at least one blue eye gene

D. at least one parent must have blue eyes

625. Which of the following is an incorrect stage theory pairing?
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A. Freud psychosexual

B. Kohlberg physiological

C. Piaget cognitive

D. Erikson psychosocial

626. During which stage do children understand the world primarily by observing the effects of their own actions on other people, objects and events?
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A. formal operational

B. sensorimotor

C. concrete operational

D. preoperational

627. The function of the sensory neuron is to ________________?
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A. carry information to central nervous system

B. organize information

C. transmits messages between neurons

D. transmit messages from motor to interneurons

628. According to Piaget, the sensorimotor stage is characterized by _____________?
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A. conservation

B. concrete operations

C. formal operations

D. primary and secondary circular reactions
629. _____________ is credited with first inferring the existence of synapses?
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A. William James

B. Johannes Muller

C. Charles Sherrington

D. Franz Gall

630. In second half of the twentieth century, which development contributed most to the cognitive revolution in psychology?
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A. philosophy of brain

B. Darwins theory

C. increased understand and use of computers

D. both a and b

631. The dominant approach in psychology today is ____________?
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A. behaviorism

B. ethnology

C. cognitive psychology

D. physiological psychology

632. Afferent pathways are involved in which of the following sensory systems?
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A. olfactory and kinetic only

B. kinetic and auditory only

C. all sensory systems

D. visual, tactile, kinetic and auditory only

633. The medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain and diencephalon are all parts of the ____________?
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A. cortex

B. left hemisphere

C. brainstem

D. cerebellum

634. Faster heart rate is triggered by the _____________?
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A. limbic system

B. sympathetic nervous system

C. skeletal nervous system

D. parasympathetic nervous system

635. The language Acquisition Device was proposed by ______________?
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A. Piaget

B. Chomsky

C. Kohler

D. Bruner

636. The peripheral nervous system is made up of extensions from the central nervous system known as _____________?
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A. ganglia

B. dendrites

C. tracts

D. nerves
637. According to Piaget, the process through which a young child relates something he sees to something he already knows is called _____________?
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A. assimilation

B. formal operation

C. accommodation

D. concrete operation

638. Which brain structure is important in causing, awakening a person from sleep?
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A. limbic activating system

B. cerebral activating system

C. reticular activating system

D. thalamic activating system

639. Extensive studies regarding child behavior have been made by _______________?
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A. Arnold and William Wundt

B. Arnold, Erickson and Piaget

C. Jean Piaget and William James

D. Freud, Erickson and William James

640. The study of the role of the specific areas of the nervous system in organizing and controlling behavior that is specifically human is called ___________?
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A. comparative psychology

B. physiological psychology

C. neuropsychology

D. clinical psychology