Behavioural and Allied Sciences 31. Which of these is a symptom of acute stress:
Heartburn Diarrhea Sweaty palms All the above View answer Correct answer: (D) All the above
32. The hippocampus attaches to
Emotions and memories Emotions and cortex Memories and cortex Cortex and emotions View answer Correct answer: (A) Emotions and memories
33. The purity of light is called
hue wavelength saturation brightness View answer Correct answer: (C) saturation
34. A researcher interested in the relationship between physical stimuli and our psychological experience would be studying
extrasensory perception proprioception transduction psychophysics View answer Correct answer: (D) psychophysics
35. People are more likely to notice 5 rupees increase in the price of a candy bar than they are to notice 5 rupees increase in an iPhone. This illustrates
the absolute threshold webers law signal detection opponent process View answer Correct answer: (C) signal detection
36. What structure provides the boundary between outer and middle ear:
tympanic membrane cochlea pinna oval window View answer Correct answer: (A) tympanic membrane
37. ______________ is to vision as ______________ is to audition.
superior colliculus, inferior colliculus inferior colliculus, superior colliculus organ of corti, inferior ovilary Superior ovilary, inferior ovilary View answer Correct answer: (A) superior colliculus, inferior colliculus
38. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland:
Hypothalamus Pituitary Parathyroid Pancreas View answer Correct answer: (A) Hypothalamus
39. Unlike polypeptide hormones, steroid hormones
demonstrate rapid onset of effect are more likely to have an associated receptor in the cytosol or nucleus more commonly function via specific second messengers are more rapidly degraded and therefore demonstrate more temporary effects View answer Correct answer: (C) more commonly function via specific second messengers
40. Insufficient thyroxine can lead to
goitre tetany cretinism myxoedema View answer Correct answer: (A) goitre