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This set of Physiological Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Physiological Psychology Set 7

Q1 | ---------- of spinal nerves exit the spinal cord
  • 12 pairs
  • 5 pairs
  • 31 pairs
  • 23 pairs
Q2 | ___________has a major role in the ‘fight or flight’ response
  • Spinal cord
  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Somatic nervous system
  • Parasympathetic nervous system
Q3 | __________helps to maintain bodily homeostasis
  • Autonomic nervous system
  • Somatic nervous system
  • Spinal cord
  • Sympathetic nervous system
Q4 | polygraph was invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson
  • John Augustus Larson
  • Leonarde Keeler
  • Cesare Lombroso
  • Vittorio Benussi
Q5 | _____________is considered as information superhighway
  • Brain
  • Cranial nerves
  • Thalamus
  • Spinal cord
Q6 | --------------part of CNS manages reflex behavior
  • Medulla
  • Spinal cord
  • Somatic nervous system
  • Thalamus
Q7 | In suprasegmental reflex
  • comprises neurons associated with one or even a few spinal segments
  • consists of neurons associated with several spinal segments
  • involves neurons in the brain that influence the reflex activity in the spinal cord
  • spinal cord does not involve
Q8 | -----------is not a part of hindbrain
  • Medulla
  • Pons
  • Thalamus
  • cerebellum
Q9 | ----------------is considering as little brain
  • Thalamus
  • Cerebellum
  • Hypothalamus
  • Pons
Q10 | Vision is associated with
  • Red nucleus
  • Substantia nigra
  • Superior colliculi
  • Inferior colliculi
Q11 | Diencephalon and the telencephalon are the divisions of -----------
  • Forebrain
  • Midbrain
  • Hindbrain
  • Cerebrum
Q12 | ------------is named as relay center in the brain
  • Hypothalamus
  • Pons
  • Thalamus
  • Spinal cord
Q13 | ------------- plays an important role in regulating states of sleep and wakefulness
  • Thalamus
  • Hypothalamus
  • Amygdale
  • limbic cortex
Q14 | ----------- is a major regulatory center for behaviors such as eating, drinking, sex, biorhythms,and temperature control
  • Hypothalamus
  • Thalamus
  • Limbic system
  • cerebellum
Q15 | ----------------plays important roles in fear, rage, and aggression
  • Amygdale
  • Hippocampus
  • Olfactory bulbs
  • limbic cortex
Q16 | Broca’s area is located in --------------
  • Frontal lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Temporal lobe
  • Occipital lobe
Q17 | Wernicke’s area is located in --------------
  • Frontal lobe
  • Parietal lobe
  • Temporal lobe
  • Occipital lobe
Q18 | Wavelength is perceived by the visual system as -----------------
  • Brightness
  • Depth
  • Distance
  • Color
Q19 | The major interior chamber of the eye is filled with a jellylike substance called
  • aqueous humor
  • vitreous humor
  • epithelium
  • Cerebro spinal fluid
Q20 | ------------are used for seeing in low light conditions
  • Cones
  • Blind spot
  • fovea
  • Rods
Q21 | ------------are helping for color vision
  • Cones
  • Blind spot
  • fovea
  • Rods
Q22 | blind spot consists of
  • more number of cones
  • more number of rods
  • more number of rods and cones
  • no rods and cones
Q23 | fovea composed of
  • more number of cones
  • more number of rods
  • more number of rods and cones
  • no rods and cones
Q24 | is the part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross
  • optic chiasma
  • lateral geniculate nucleus
  • Superior Colliculus
  • optic tract
Q25 | opponent-process theory of color vision is proposed by
  • Thomas Young
  • Edwin Land
  • Ewald Hering
  • Hurvich and Jameson