Sensory-motor responses that are rapid and autonomic are called ____________?
A. instincts
B. reuptake
C. effective
D. reflexes
Psychology Mcqs
A person who is nine feet tall and has very large hands and feet and a protecting jaw can attribute his physiological abnormality to an overactive ___________?
A person who is nine feet tall and has very large hands and feet and a protecting jaw can attribute his physiological abnormality to an overactive ___________?
A. thyroid gland
B. parathyroid gland
C. adrenal gland
D. pituitary gland
The sympathetic nervous system ____________?
The sympathetic nervous system ____________?
A. is a subdivision of somatic nervous system
B. is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system
C. parallels to effects of the parasympathetic nervous system
D. preserves the homeostatic model
Removal of the hippocampus is most likely lead to ___________?
Removal of the hippocampus is most likely lead to ___________?
A. sham rage
B. narcolepsy
C. anterograde amnesia
D. retrograde amnesia
What describes the correct sequence of electrical activity as it passes through a single nerve cell?
What describes the correct sequence of electrical activity as it passes through a single nerve cell?
A. axon, dendrite, soma, vesicle
B. soma, cell body. Dendrite, vesicle
C. soma, vesicle, dendrite, axon
D. dendrite, soma, axon, vesicle
The speed that neural impulses travel is _____________?
The speed that neural impulses travel is _____________?
A. 3 to 200 miles an hour
B. the speed of light
C. 600 miles an hour
D. 200 miles a second
Assuming the analogy of doorbell, which aspect of the neuron would most closely approximate the button that a visitor would push?
Assuming the analogy of doorbell, which aspect of the neuron would most closely approximate the button that a visitor would push?
A. cell body
B. dendrites
C. axon
D. terminal endings
Neurons generally cannot fire at rates exceeding 100 impulses per second. This maximum firing rate can be largely attributed to ____________?
Neurons generally cannot fire at rates exceeding 100 impulses per second. This maximum firing rate can be largely attributed to ____________?
A. spatial summation
B. relative refractory periods
C. absolute refractory periods
D. excitatory postsynaptic potentials
This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ___________?
This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ___________?
A. parasympathetic system
B. limbic system
C. sympathetic system
D. sensory neurons
The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?
The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?
A. cerebral cortex
B. amygdala
C. corpus collosum
D. hypothalamus