Biological Foundations Of Behaviour MCQs

Option A: axon

Option B: myelin

Option C: axon terminal

Option D: dendrite

Correct Answer: dendrite ✔

Option A: Instincts or Reflexes

Option B: Innate behaviour

Option C: Kinesis

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Instincts or Reflexes ✔

Option A: Taxis

Option B: Kinesis

Option C: Reflex

Option D: Learning

Correct Answer: Learning ✔

Option A: Sign stimulus

Option B: Innate releasing mechanism

Option C: Inherited complex

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Innate releasing mechanism ✔

Option A: Innate behaviour

Option B: learned behaviour

Option C: Conditioned reflex type I

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Innate behaviour ✔

Option A: the branching extensions of a neuron

Option B: neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

Option C: junctions between sending and receiving nervous

Option D: interconnected clusters of neurons in the central nervous system

Correct Answer: interconnected clusters of neurons in the central nervous system ✔

Option A: Ach

Option B: GABA

Option C: interneurons

Option D: serotonin

Correct Answer: GABA ✔

Option A: cerebellum

Option B: corpus callosum

Option C: hypothalamus

Option D: medulla

Correct Answer: medulla ✔

Option A: MRI

Option B: EEG

Option C: synapse

Option D: lesion

Correct Answer: lesion ✔

Option A: occipital lobe

Option B: parietal lobe

Option C: temporal lobes

Option D: reticular formation

Correct Answer: occipital lobe ✔

Option A: activity

Option B: sleep and arousal

Option C: motor behavior

Option D: higher reasoning

Correct Answer: sleep and arousal ✔

Option A: the number of neurons in the brain

Option B: electrical impulses from the brain

Option C: chemical activity in the cranial nerves

Option D: direct electrical stimulation and activation of the brain

Correct Answer: electrical impulses from the brain ✔

Option A: heart stoppage or respiratory failure

Option B: a loss of hearing ability

Option C: a loss of muscular coordination

Option D: a reduction in emotional response

Correct Answer: a loss of muscular coordination ✔

Option A: is the only communications network in the body

Option B: depends on electrical messages for communication

Option C: secretes hormones into the blood stream for communication

Option D: secretes hormones into the exocrine ducts for communication

Correct Answer: secretes hormones into the blood stream for communication ✔

Option A: efferent fibers

Option B: central fibers

Option C: motor fibers

Option D: sensory fibers

Correct Answer: efferent fibers ✔

Option A: the interior of the nerve cell becomes positive

Option B: the interior of the nerve cell becomes negative

Option C: potassium ions enter the nerve cell

Option D: sodium ions level the nerve cell

Correct Answer: sodium ions level the nerve cell ✔

Option A: Taxis

Option B: Sign stimulus

Option C: Kinesis

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Sign stimulus ✔

Option A: Conditioning

Option B: Operant conditioning

Option C: Latent learning

Option D: Insight learning

Correct Answer: Latent learning ✔

Option A: limbic system

Option B: thalamus

Option C: corpus callosum

Option D: cerebellum

Correct Answer: cerebellum ✔

Option A: synapse

Option B: myelin sheath

Option C: refractory period

Option D: action potential

Correct Answer: action potential ✔

Option A: Part of one’s inherited structure

Option B: Learned by experience

Option C: Can be modified by environments

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: A. Part of one’s inherited structure ✔

Option A: Innate releasing mechanism

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Sign stimulus

Option D: Kinesis

Correct Answer: Sign stimulus ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioning

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Conditioning ✔

Option A: Thorndike and B.F. Skinner

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Kohler

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Pavlov ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Learning

Option D: Kinesis

Correct Answer: Instinct ✔

Option A: Learning behaviour

Option B: Instinct

Option C: Taxis

Option D: Reflex

Correct Answer: Learning behaviour ✔

Option A: Innate behaviour

Option B: Instinct

Option C: Learning behaviour

Option D: Taxis and kinesis

Correct Answer: Learning behaviour ✔

Option A: Kinesis

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Reflex

Option D: Instinct

Correct Answer: Taxis ✔

Option A: ion potential

Option B: action potential

Option C: resting discharge

Option D: synapse

Correct Answer: ion potential ✔

Option A: chemical; electrical

Option B: acetylcholine, catecholamine

Option C: dendrite; axon

Option D: electrical; chemical

Correct Answer: electrical; chemical ✔

Option A: uptake

Option B: uploading

Option C: regarding

Option D: reuptake

Correct Answer: uptake ✔

Option A: amounts of DNA and RNA

Option B: types of neurotransmitters on either side of the nerve cell membrane

Option C: types of neurons inside and outside the nerve cell membrane.

Option D: concentrations of ions on either side of the nerve cell membrane

Correct Answer: concentrations of ions on either side of the nerve cell membrane ✔

Option A: soma; somatic membrane

Option B: nucleus; nucleic dampers

Option C: dendrite; dendritic arcs

Option D: axon; axon terminals

Correct Answer: axon; axon terminals ✔

Option A: hypothalamus

Option B: pituitary

Option C: CNS

Option D: midbrain

Correct Answer: hypothalamus ✔

Option A: Aphasia

Option B: Broca’s area

Option C: Wernicke’s area

Option D: Agnosia

Correct Answer: B. Broca’s area ✔

Option A: mimic the effects of neurotransmitters

Option B: stimulate the production or hormones

Option C: control heartbeat and breathing

Option D: provide nutrients to interneurons

Correct Answer: provide nutrients to interneurons ✔

Option A: muscles and glands

Option B: skeletal joints

Option C: axon terminals

Option D: all vital organs

Correct Answer: muscles and glands ✔

Option A: oversupply of GABA

Option B: undersupply of serotonin

Option C: undersupply of norepinephrine

Option D: oversupply of glutamate

Correct Answer: oversupply of glutamate ✔

Option A: hypothalamus

Option B: thalamus

Option C: cerebellum

Option D: cerebral cortex

Correct Answer: cerebral cortex ✔

Option A: endorphins

Option B: serotonin

Option C: axon terminal

Option D: dendrite

Correct Answer: dendrite ✔

Option A: have a smaller corpus callosum than hearing persons

Option B: demonstrate greater mathematical competence than hearing persons

Option C: process language in their left cerebral hemisphere

Option D: recognize facial expressions of emotion with their left rather than their right cerebral hemisphere

Correct Answer: process language in their left cerebral hemisphere ✔

Option A: peripheral nervous system

Option B: central nervous system

Option C: afferent nervous system

Option D: vascular nervous system

Correct Answer: peripheral nervous system ✔

Option A: schizophrenic subjects have lower levels of catecholamines than nonschizophrenic subjects

Option B: schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of dopamine than nonschizophrenic subjects

Option C: schizophrenic subjects have higher levels of serotonin than nonschizphrenic subjects

Option D: schizophrenic subjects have larger ventricles than nonschizophrenic subjects

Correct Answer: schizophrenic subjects have larger ventricles than nonschizophrenic subjects ✔

Option A: prescription-only drugs

Option B: synapses

Option C: neurotransmitters

Option D: beta blockers

Correct Answer: neurotransmitters ✔

Option A: chemical; electrical

Option B: electrical; mechanical

Option C: electrical; chemical

Option D: mechanical; electrical

Correct Answer: electrical; chemical ✔

Option A: axon

Option B: axon terminal

Option C: synapse

Option D: soma

Correct Answer: axon ✔

Option A: limbic system

Option B: parasympathetic nervous system.

Option C: autonomic nervous system

Option D: central nervous system

Correct Answer: autonomic nervous system ✔

Option A: epinephrine

Option B: insulin

Option C: serotonin

Option D: acetylcholine

Correct Answer: epinephrine ✔

Option A: tumor ligation

Option B: lesioning

Option C: electrical stimulation

Option D: stereotaxic inversion

Correct Answer: lesioning ✔

Option A: cerebellum

Option B: peripheral nervous system

Option C: sensory cortex

Option D: reticular formation

Correct Answer: peripheral nervous system ✔

Option A: corpus callosum

Option B: sympathetic nervous system

Option C: somatic nervous system

Option D: cerebellum

Correct Answer: sympathetic nervous system ✔

Option A: Conditioning

Option B: Operant Conditioning

Option C: Latent learning

Option D: Insight learning

Correct Answer: Conditioning ✔

Option A: Thorndike and F.F Skinner

Option B: Pavlov

Option C: Kohler

Option D: All of above

Correct Answer: Thorndike and F.F Skinner ✔

Option A: Instinct

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Kinesis

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Instinct ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Conditioned reflex type I

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Habituation ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Latent learning

Option D: conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Imprinting ✔

Option A: Imprinting

Option B: Habituation

Option C: Latent learning

Option D: Conditioned reflex type II

Correct Answer: Habituation ✔

Option A: Learned

Option B: Innate

Option C: Imprinting

Option D: Both a & b

Correct Answer: Innate ✔

Option A: Kinesis

Option B: Taxis

Option C: Reflex

Option D: Instinct

Correct Answer: Kinesis ✔

Option A: reduced levels of the neurotransmitter GABA

Option B: increased activity at norepinephrine synapses

Option C: excess levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine

Option D: reduced activity at norepinephrine

Correct Answer: reduced activity at norepinephrine ✔

Option A: tomography

Option B: hemispherectomy

Option C: phrenology

Option D: plasticity

Correct Answer: plasticity ✔

Option A: dendrites to cell body to synapse

Option B: axon to soma to dendrites

Option C: dendrites to soma to axon

Option D: glia to dendrites to axon

Correct Answer: dendrites to soma to axon ✔

Option A: neuroticism

Option B: temperament

Option C: extroversion

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: understanding what others are saying

Option B: recognizing familiar faces

Option C: pronouncing words correctly

Option D: controlling voluntary muscles

Correct Answer: understanding what others are saying ✔

Option A: self-regulating

Option B: schemas

Option C: gender-typed

Option D: evolving

Correct Answer: self-regulating ✔

Option A: higher; lower; lower

Option B: higher; higher; higher

Option C: lower; higher; lower

Option D: lower; lower; lower

Correct Answer: higher; higher; higher ✔

Option A: gender sachems

Option B: gender-typing

Option C: twin studies

Option D: cloning

Correct Answer: twin studies ✔

Option A: clinical scan

Option B: ablation technique

Option C: MRI scan

Option D: EEG

Correct Answer: MRI scan ✔

Option A: PET

Option B: MRI

Option C: CAT

Option D: fMRI

Correct Answer: MRI ✔

Option A: an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording

Option B: a positron emission tomography (PET) scan

Option C: a computerized tomography(CT) scan

Option D: a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan

Correct Answer: a positron emission tomography (PET) scan ✔

Option A: seeing; hearing

Option B: speaking; hearing

Option C: hearing; sensing movement

Option D: seeing; sensing touch

Correct Answer: seeing; hearing ✔

Option A: cerebellum and the cerebral cortex

Option B: cerebrum and the medulla

Option C: medulla and the cerebellum

Option D: cerebral cortex and the medulla

Correct Answer: medulla and the cerebellum ✔

Option A: walking

Option B: smelling

Option C: eating

Option D: communicating

Correct Answer: communicating ✔

Option A: the control hunger, thirst and sex

Option B: executive functions

Option C: heartbeat and breathing regulation

Option D: auditory processing

Correct Answer: the control hunger, thirst and sex ✔

Option A: mouth

Option B: shoulder

Option C: feet

Option D: legs

Correct Answer: mouth ✔

Option A: epinephrine

Option B: dopamine

Option C: norepinephrine

Option D: acetylcholine

Correct Answer: acetylcholine ✔

Option A: pons

Option B: positrons

Option C: connector neurons

Option D: hemispheres

Correct Answer: hemispheres ✔

Option A: collection of sexual characteristics regulated by the X and Y chromosomes

Option B: range of traits that contribute to reproductive success

Option C: set of genetic material in an organism’s chromosomes

Option D: set of dominant traits received from either parent

Correct Answer: C. set of genetic material in an organism’s chromosomes ✔

Option A: arms

Option B: legs

Option C: trunk

Option D: face

Correct Answer: face ✔

Option A: facially express emotions

Option B: solve arithmetic problems

Option C: understand simple verbal requests

Option D: process information in an orderly sequence

Correct Answer: facially express emotions ✔

Option A: thalamus

Option B: cerebellum

Option C: angular gyrus

Option D: limbic system

Correct Answer: limbic system ✔

Option A: reticular formation

Option B: autonomic nervous system

Option C: endocrine system

Option D: cerebral cortex

Correct Answer: endocrine system ✔

Option A: hypothalamus

Option B: corpus callosum

Option C: cerebellum

Option D: medulla

Correct Answer: cerebellum ✔

Option A: increase; increase

Option B: decrease; increase

Option C: decrease; decrease

Option D: eliminate; eliminate

Correct Answer: decrease; increase ✔

Option A: axon

Option B: cell body

Option C: soma

Option D: neurilemma

Correct Answer: axon ✔

Option A: dendrite

Option B: axon

Option C: myelin

Option D: soma

Correct Answer: soma ✔

Option A: axons

Option B: axles

Option C: atoms

Option D: axes

Correct Answer: axons ✔

Option A: Axon

Option B: Myelin

Option C: Blastula

Option D: Soma

Correct Answer: Blastula ✔

Option A: Axon

Option B: Myelin

Option C: Blastula

Option D: Soma

Correct Answer: Blastula ✔

Option A: form a protective coating over nerve axons

Option B: affect the speed nerve impulses

Option C: block the reception of acetylcholine

Option D: aid a nerve’s receptivity to neurotransmitters by increasing the number of receptor sites available

Correct Answer: form a protective coating over nerve axons ✔

Option A: synapses, cell bodies

Option B: Dendrites, axon buttons

Option C: Axon buttons dendrites

Option D: Axon; cell bodies

Correct Answer: Dendrites, axon buttons ✔

Option A: biogenic amines

Option B: acetylcholine

Option C: endorphins

Option D: serotonins

Correct Answer: endorphins ✔

Option A: 46 genes

Option B: 46 pair of genes

Option C: 23 genes

Option D: 23 chromosomes

Correct Answer: 23 chromosomes ✔

Option A: cerebellum

Option B: autonomic nervous system

Option C: thalamus

Option D: association areas

Correct Answer: association areas ✔

Option A: become sexually preoccupied

Option B: lapse into a coma

Option C: become violently aggressive

Option D: cower in fear

Correct Answer: lapse into a coma ✔

Option A: plasticity

Option B: lateralization

Option C: tomography

Option D: aphasia

Correct Answer: aphasia ✔

Option A: damage to glia cells

Option B: degeneration of neurons that use dopamine as a neurotransmitter

Option C: overgeneration of dopamine of a neurotransmitter

Option D: agonistic chemical action on the receptor sites of the cerebrum

Correct Answer: agonistic chemical action on the receptor sites of the cerebrum ✔

Option A: thyroid gland

Option B: Pancreas

Option C: adrenal gland

Option D: pituitary gland

Correct Answer: pituitary gland ✔

Option A: Spatial abilities

Option B: Speech production

Option C: Understanding speech

Option D: Consolidating memory

Correct Answer: Understanding speech ✔

Option A: frontal lobes

Option B: motor cortex

Option C: hypothalamus

Option D: temporal lobes

Correct Answer: temporal lobes ✔