UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION QUESTION BANK Complementary Courses in Counselling Psychology (2014 Admission onwards) II Semester Physiological Psychology 1. The central nervous system is composed of and spinal cord a) Cerebellum b) Brain c) Cerebral hemispheres d) Cranial nerves 2. Peripheral nervous system is connected to the central nervous system and most of these connections are made via a) Spinal cord. b) Cranial nerves c) Medulla d) Pons 3. Which part of nervous system responsible for "vegetative" processes? a) Somatic nervous system b) Autonomic nervous system (ANS) c) Central nervous system 4. Cranial nerves are part of --------------- a) Spinal cord b) peripheral nervous system c) Central nervous system 5. Function of optic nerve is a) Controls muscles of the eye b) Carrying information from the eyes to the brain c) Carrying information about smell to the brain d) Carries information from the inner ear to the brain
6. ---------- of spinal nerves exit the spinal cord a) 12 pairs b) 5 pairs c) 31 pairs d) 23 pairs 7. has a major role in the fight or flight response a) Spinal cord b) Autonomic nervous system c) Somatic nervous system d) Parasympathetic nervous system 8. helps to maintain bodily homeostasis a) Autonomic nervous system b) Somatic nervous system c) Spinal cord 9. polygraph was invented in 1921 by John Augustus Larson a) John Augustus Larson b) Leonarde Keeler c) Cesare Lombroso d) Vittorio Benussi 10. is considered as information superhighway a) Brain b) Cranial nerves d) Spinal cord 11. --------------part of CNS manages reflex behavior a) Medulla b) Spinal cord c) Somatic nervous system d) Thalamus 12. In suprasegmental reflex a) comprises neurons associated with one or even a few spinal segments b) consists of neurons associated with several spinal segments c) involves neurons in the brain that influence the reflex activity in the spinal cord d) spinal cord does not involve 13. -----------is not a part of hindbrain a) Medulla b) Pons d) cerebellum
14. ----------------is considering as little brain a) Thalamus b) Cerebellum c) Hypothalamus d) Pons 15. Vision is associated with a) Red nucleus b) Substantia nigra c) Superior colliculi d) Inferior colliculi 16. Diencephalon and the telencephalon are the divisions of ----------- a) Forebrain b) Midbrain c) Hindbrain d) Cerebrum 17. ------------is named as relay center in the brain a) Hypothalamus b) Pons d) Spinal cord 18. ------------- plays an important role in regulating states of sleep and wakefulness a) Thalamus b) Hypothalamus c) Amygdale d) limbic cortex 19. ----------- is a major regulatory center for behaviors such as eating, drinking, sex, biorhythms, and temperature control a) Hypothalamus b) Thalamus c) Limbic system d) cerebellum 20. ----------------plays important roles in fear, rage, and aggression a) Amygdale b) Hippocampus c) Olfactory bulbs d) limbic cortex 21. Broca s area is located in -------------- a) Frontal lobe b) Parietal lobe
c) Temporal lobe d) Occipital lobe 22. Wernicke s area is located in -------------- a) Frontal lobe b) Parietal lobe c) Temporal lobe d) Occipital lobe 23. Wavelength is perceived by the visual system as ----------------- a) Brightness b) Depth c) Distance d) Color 24. The major interior chamber of the eye is filled with a jellylike substance called a) aqueous humor b) vitreous humor c) epithelium d) Cerebro spinal fluid 25. ------------are used for seeing in low light conditions a) Cones b) Blind spot c) fovea d) Rods 26. ------------are helping for color vision a) Cones b) Blind spot c) fovea d) Rods 27. blind spot consists of a) more number of cones b) more number of rods c) more number of rods and cones d) no rods and cones 28. fovea composed of a) more number of cones b) more number of rods c) more number of rods and cones d) no rods and cones 29. is the part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross a) optic chiasma b) lateral geniculate nucleus
c) Superior Colliculus d) optic tract 30. opponent-process theory of color vision is proposed by a) Thomas Young b) Edwin Land c) Ewald Hering d) Hurvich and Jameson Sl.No Key 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 B 6 C 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 D 11 B 12 C 13 C 14 B 15 C 16 B 17 C 18 A 19 A 20 A 21 A 22 C 23 D 24 B 25 D 26 A 27 D 28 A 29 A 30 C