Physiological Psychology –

Complementary Course of BSc Counselling Psychology - III semester

CUCBCSS 2014 Admn onwards

Question bank

1) Semicircular canals are involved in which sense?

a) Auditory

b) Kinesthetic

c) Olfactory

d) Visual

2) The dispute between the place theory and the frequency theory has to do with

the action of the

a) Basilar Membrane

b) Ossicles

c) Inferior colliculus

d) Somatosensory cortex

e) Fovea

3) Disruptions of dopamine transmission lead to resting tremors and jerky motor

movements called -----

a) Parkinson’s disease

b) Amnesia

c) Alzheimer’s disease

d) schizophrenia

4) Motor disturbances in Parkinson's disease can be treated with a drug called-----

a) Amphetamine

b) Haloperidol

c) L-dopa

d) Lithium

5) The endocrine system is the internal communication network in the body, and it

uses chemical messengers called-----

a) Neurons

b) Blood

c) Impulses

d) Hormones

6) Which hormone increases body energy and prepare us for ‘Fight or Flight’

response?

a) Thyroxin

b) Dopamine

c) Adrenaline

d) Serotonin

7) Which part is known as the ‘ relay centre’ and transmit almost all the sensory

messages?

a) Cerebellum

b) Thalamus

c) Limbic system

d) Hypothalamus

8) Which chemical in the following list can act as both a neurotransmitter and a

hormone?

a) Epinephrine

b) Dopamine

c) Insulin

d) Thyroxin

9) Comparing to nervous system endocrine system has a -----means of control over

the functions of the body

a) Slower

b) Faster

c) Same

10) Once hormone has been secreted, it reaches to target organ through

a) Neurons

b) Blood

c) Proteins

d) Neurotransmitters

11) Insulin is an example of

a) peptides

b) amino acids

c) fatty acids

d) Steroids

12) What is a target cell?

a) Specialized receptor cells that accepts hormones

b) Specialized cells that secrets hormones

c) Cells which controls the secretion rate of hormones

d) Cells that determine where to store hormones

13) Endocrine glands are called ductless glands because they secrete their

hormones:

a) through genes

b) directly into the blood

c) through chromosomes

d) through tubes

14) Which neurotransmitter is produced by the neurons located in a region of brain

called substantia nigra?

a) Acetylcholine

b) Nor epinephrine

c) Dopamine

d) Serotonin

15) Under strong emotions:

a) Thyroxin is secreted

b) Cortin is secreted

c) Adrenalin is secreted

d) Dopamine is secreted

16) Autocrine action is used to describe a hormone that :

a) Acts on the cells that released it.

b) More localized action

c) Acts quickly under emergency conditions

d) Acts automatically

17) Neurohormones are :

a) Released by the nervous system but have their targets in the endocrine

system

b) Made up of both neurochemicals and hormones

c) Control regulation of both neurochemicals and hormones

d) Released by the endocrine system but have their targets in the nervous

system

18) Cholecystokinin (CCK) is an example of :

a) Neurochemical

b) Hormones

c) Neurohormones

d) Chemical

19), the receptors within the endocrine gland register that there is enough hormone

circulating and turn off production and/or release of any more hormone at some

cut-off point, known as:

a) Positive feedback

b) Negative feedback

c) Response initiation

d) Response prevention

20) Release of oxytosine is an example of

a) Hormone secretion

b) Positive feedback

c) Negative feedback

d) Neurochemical secretion

21) Most of the hormones that circulate around the body are controlled in one

way or another by ----------

a) Pituitary gland

b) Adrenal gland

c) Liver

d) Thymus gland

22) Control of the anterior pituitary is by -----------inputs from the hypothalamus

but the posterior pituitary are controlled by --------input from the hypothalamus.

Hormonal; Neuronal

Neuronal; Hormonal

Hormonal; electro chemical

Neuronal; electrical

23) Two hormones which have a significant role at the time of child birth are:

a) Oxytocin and adrenaline

b) Dopamine and vasopressin

c) Serotonine and vasopressin

d) Oxytocin and vasopressin

24) The hormones released by the anterior pituitary are usually stimulating

hormones but one of them acts directly on target cells:

a) Oxytocin

b) Prolactin

c) Dopamine

d) Epinephrine

25) glucocorticoids, the mineralocorticoids and the sex steroids are released by

which gland?

a) Adrenal medulla

b) Adrenal cortex

c) Pancreas

d) Gonads

26) Sex steroids are involved in:

a) Reproduction

b) Delivery

c) Secondary sexual charecteristics

d) Sexual arousal

27) Diabetic conditions are due to imbalance in the secretion of ------- and ------

-hormones from-----gland.

a) Insulin and glucagon; pancreas

b) Insulin and cortisol; pancreas

c) Glucagon and steroids; pituitary

d) Insulin and glucagon; liver

28) Which among the following is not a hormone secreted by thyroid gland?

a) Thyroxine

b) Thyroidim

c) Triiodothyronine

d) Calcitonin

29) Which among the following is right?

a) Thymus gland; metabolism

b) Thyroid; cellular immunity

c) Pineal gland ; melatonin

d) Ovaries ; calcium regulation

30) Which is not a part of the basal ganglia?

a) Caudate nucleus

b) Putamen

c) Basal nucleus

d) Globus pallidus

31) The main inputs to the primary motor cortex come from the ------cortex and the

------------area

Motor cortex; supplementary motor area

Association motor area: somatosensory cortex

Motor cortex; limbic area

Pre motor area; association motor area

32) Lesions in the primary motor cortex produce ----------and lesions in the other

areas involved in movement produce a variety------

a) Apraxia; paralysis

b) Paralysis; Apraxia

c) Ataxia : weakness

d) Weakness; paralysis

33) Which motor pathways has been involved in non-voluntary movement?

a) The extrapyramidal system

b) The pyramidal system

c) Corticobulbar tract

d) The corticospinal tract

34) Muscle weakness, lack of coordination, slurring of speech and ataxia are

symptoms of damage to which part of the brain?

a) Primary motor area

b) Limbic area

c) Cerebellum

d) Basal ganglia

35) A motor unit is a combination of -------------and ----------

a) Motor neuron and the subset of fibers

b) Motor neuron and somatosensory neuron

c) Motor neuron and motor cortex

d) Motor neuron and pre motor area

36) The neurochemical which has a major role in motor control is;

a) Dopamine

b) Adrenalin

c) Serotonine

d) Acetylcholine

37) Withdrawal reflex is an example of ------------reflex;

a) Flexion reflex

b) Polysynaptic reflexes

c) Monosynaptic stretch reflex

d) Simple reflex

38) Interneuron has a significant role in polysynaptic reflexes because;

a) It stimulate muscles

b) It connects to interior part of motor neurons

c) It connect with several motor neurons

d) It goes in sequential order

39) -----------muscles react slowly to stimulation, and produces mostly longer-

lasting changes

a) Striated

b) Cardiac

c) Smooth

d) Glandular

40) Phenylthiocarbamide usually used to test;

a) Color blindness

b) Taste blindness

c) Auditory response

d) Acute vision

41) -------------provide the receptor surface for taste.

a) Microvilli

b) Free nerve ending

c) Striated cells

d) Glia cells

42) Among the following regions where does maximum number of taste buds

locate?

a) Fungiform papillae

b) Foliate papillae

c) Circumvallate papillae

d) Simple papillae

43) When we apply some taste substance on tounge it leads ------------in the taste

hairs;

a) Polarization

b) Depolarization

c) Repolarization

d) Resting potential

44) Type of taste that will be perceived is primarily determined by;

a) Type of receptor protein in each taste villus

b) Type of receptor amino acids in each taste villus

c) Type of amino acids in each taste villus

d) Type of ion channels in each taste villus

45) Certain smells can induce emotions and related memory due to the

involvement of--------------

a) Basal ganglia

b) Medulla

c) Limbic system

d) Thalamus

46) Free nerve endings respond to which sensation?

a) Taste

b) Audition

c) Pain

d) Vision

47) Aching pain, throbbing pain, nauseous pain, and chronic pain are examples of:

a) Slow pain

b) Fast pain

c) Acute pain

d) Chronic pain

48) If we stimulate the periaqueductal gray area or in the raphe magnus nucleusin

the brain, what changes will happen in pain sensitivity?

a) Pain increases

b) Pain become chronic

c) Pain stops immediately

d) Pain decreases

49) The nerve endings which helps in the perception of deep continuous pressure

and to stretch;

a) Bulbs of Krause

b) Organs of Ruffini

c) Free nerve endings

d) Pacinian

50) Which of the following is associated with the hypothalamus?

a) Refined body movements

b) Lateral geniculate nucleus

c) Spatial perception

d) Homeostatic regulation

51) Proprioceptors; -------------------------, kinesthetic sense; ---------

a) Monitor position of the body parts; monitor our own movements

b) Monitor perception; monitor sensations

c) Monitor our own movements; monitor position of the body parts

d) Monitor sensations; monitor perception

52) Sensory hair cells are an example of;

a) Neurotendinous receptors

b) Proprioceptors

c) Motor neuron

d) Nerve endings

53) The optic nerve is composed of one axon fiber extending from each ___ cell in

the retina.

a) Ganglion

b) Bipolar

c) Cone

d) Rode

54) Different groups of cone cells are specialized for absorption in all the

following regions of the visible spectrum except

a) Green

b) Red

c) Blue

d) Yellow

55) Deep pressure on the skin is sensed by

a) Free nerve endings

b) Meissner's corpuscles

c) Pacinian corpuscles

d) Merkel's discs

56) The senses of smell and taste have all of the following in common except that

they

a) Are both based on exteroceptors.

b) Are both based on chemoreceptors.

c) Can only sense molecules dissolved in liquid.

d) Both transmit to the brain via the glossopharyngeal nerve

57) Of the four basic taste modalities, the one most limited to the tip of the tongue

is

a) Bitter

b) Sour

c) Salty

d) Sweet

58) Olfaction (smell) differs from other sensory modalities because it

a) Does not transmit to the cerebral cortex but only to lower brain centers.

b) Does not transmit to the cerebral cortex via the thalamus

c) Can function as either an interoceptor or exteroceptor

d) Uses lateral inhibition

59) Hair cells are involved in all of the following receptors except

a) Semicircular canals

b) The cochlea

c) Taste buds

d) The urethra

60) The bone attached to the medial side of the tympanic membrane, is the

a) Stapes

b) incubus

c) Incus

d) Malleus

61) Sound waves travel from the air to the tympanic membrane by way of the ;

a) Pinna

b) Auditory tube

c) external auditory meatus

d) Cochlear duct

62) The sensory hair cells of the cochlea organ of Corti are anchored on the

a) Basilar membrane

b) Vestibular membrane

c) Tectorial membrane

d) Tympanic membrane

63) The optic nerve and blood vessels exits the eye, and arteries enter it, at the

a) optic chiasma

b) Macula

c) fovea centralis

d) optic disc

64) The ability of the eyes to keep an image focused on the retina

despite changes in the distance to the object viewed is called

a) Refraction

b) Hyperopia

c) Adaptation

d) Accommodation

65) Which of the following does not belong with the rest?

a) Rod cells

b) Amacrine cells

c) Bipolar cells

d) Ganglion cells

ANSWER KEY

1) A 2) A 3) A 4) C 5) D 6) C 7) B 8) A 9) A 10) B 11) A 12) A 13) B 14) C 15) C 16) A 17) D 18) C 19) B 20) B 21) A 22) A 23) D 24) B 25) B 26) C 27) A 28) B 29) C 30) C 31) A 32) B 33) A 34) C 35) A 36) D 37) B

38) C 39) C 40) B 41) A 42) C 43) B 44) A 45) C 46) C 47) A 48) D 49) B 50) D 51) C 52) B 53) A 54) D 55) C 56) D 57) D 58) B 59) C 60) D 61) C 62) A 63) D 64) D 65) A