🧠Psychology MCQs
Psychology MCQs
482 MCQs71
If the lateral hypothalamus is destroyed a rat will:
Adrink more water than biologically needed
Brefuse to drink until forced to do so
Ceat until it becomes obese
Drefuse to eat until force fed
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Cutting sensory nerves from the stomach, or removing it entirely, causes:
Aa total loss of appetite
Beating based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger
Csome changes in eating, but hunger still occurs
Dthe need for patients to be “trained” to eat; otherwise they would inadvertently starve to death
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Secondary motives are:
Aneeds that are learned, such as the needs for power for achievement
Binnate but no necessary for survival
Cnot innate but necessary for survival
Dinnate and necessary for survival
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Gorging on food and then vomiting or taking laxatives to avoid gaining weight is called:
Abehavioral dieting
Bfad dieting
Cpurging
Dbulimia nervosa
75
You and a friend play three hours of racquetball I. Afterwards, you are most likely to prefer:
Aplain water
Ba slightly salty liquid
Ca beverage containing some alcohol
Dmilk
76
Which is a cause of anorexia?
Asibling rivalry
Ban overly realistic view of normal size
Cfood allergies
Dperfectionism
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Which of the following is a characteristic of bulimia nervosa?
AVomiting, laxatives, or diuretics are used to loss weight
BThere are repeated attempts to lose weight by serve dieting
CIt occurs equally in males and females
DIt is an adolescent growth phase that a few women go through and later disappears
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The______describes the relationship between arousal level, task difficulty, and efficiency of performance.
Aarousal theory
Bdrive reduction theory
CYerkes-Dodson Law
Dinverted-U function
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Which of the following is an assumption of arousal theory?
AZero level of arousal is the most desirable
BHigh levels of arousal are the most desirable
COptimal levels of arousal exist for each person
DOptimal levels of arousal exist for various activities
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The first meaningful, scientific study of human sexuality was survey research performed by:
AAlfred Kinsey
BMasters and Johnson
CDavid Buss
DSigmund Freud