🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
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People with weight problems are more likely to eat when experiencing the emotion of:
Aanxiety
Banger
Csadness
Dany of these
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The need for achievement:
Ais greatest for behaviors leading to financial material success
Bdoes not occur in primitive cultures
Cis defined as the desire to meet internalized standard of excellence
Dis greater in women than in men
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Smokers and nonsmokers have been found to differ in a gene that influences responses to:
Adopamine
Bserotonin
Cacetylcholine
Dnorepinephrine
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Motivational states are states that lead animals to work toward_______.
AEmotions
BGoals
CSociety
DCommunication
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The orbitofrontal cortex: 1: Has critical implications for survival. 2: Serves a reward-decoding function. 3: Plays a very important role in emotion. 4: Is not involved in learning which stimuli are foods.
A1,2 & 3
B1 & 4
C2,3 & 4
D2 & 3
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_______is the term that refers to a decreased volume of blood circulation, and it leads to the behavioural response of_______.
ACellular dehydration; thirst
BHypovolemia; drinking
CCellular dehydration; drinking
DHypovolemia; eating
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Which of the following statements about thirst in UNTRUE?
AWhen our bodies lose too much water, we feel thirsty
BWhen we eat foods rich in salt, we feel thirsty
CCellular dehydration is sensed peripherally in the body
DThe part of the brain that senses cellular dehydration is between the preoptic area and the hypothalamus
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Which of the following is a primary motive?
Acuriosity
Bthe desire for money
Cphysical contact
Dthirst
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The body structure most closely associated with thirst is the:
Apancreas
Bpituitary gland
Chypothalamus
Dlimbic system
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Jeff, who is 14, engages in rigorous tennis drills or competitive play at least four hours every day because he wants to master the sport and play on one of the best college teams in the country. His goal and behavior best illustrate the concept of:
Ahuman factors psychology
Bachievement motivation
Chomeostasis
D360-degree feedback