Top 350+ Solved Physiological Psychology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ………………., a measurement which compares weight and height, defines people asoverweight.
a. body mass index
b. weight index
c. obesity index
d. mass index
Q. Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of i. of excessive dietary calories, ii. lack of physical activity, iii. genetic susceptibility iv. endocrine disorders, medications or psychiatric illness
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1,2 and 4 only
c. 1,2 and 3 only
d. all of these
Q. …..………………..("weight loss surgery") is the use of surgical intervention in thetreatment of obesity.
a. bariatric surgery
b. obese surgery
c. fat loss surgery
d. caloric surgery
Q. Excessive thirst, known as……………., along with excessive urination, known as…………………., may be an indication of diabetes.
a. polydipsia and polyuria
b. polyuria and polyuria
c. hypovolemia and hypouria
d. hypouria and hypovolemia
Q. Hypovolemic thirst i. It’s the thirst resulting from loss of fluids due to bleeding or sweating. It ii. t is thirst associated with low volume of body fluidsiii. It’s the thirst resulting from eating salty foods iv. It is the thirst resulting from hot foods
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 4 only
c. 1, 2 and 3 only
d. 1 and 3 only
Q. If a food causes sickness, or simply precedes sickness caused by something else, alearned __________ may result.
a. psychosomatic illness
b. taste aversion
c. anorexia
d. specific hunger
Q. The manufacture of adrenalin and noradrenalin is controlled by:
a. nervous system
b. endocrine system
c. regulatory system
d. circulatory system
Q. Both the terms “emotion” and “motivation” came from the same Latin root:
a. movement
b. move
c. moment
d. “movere”
Q. Physiologists use the term homeostasis to describe the body’s tendency to maintain abalance or equilibrium among it’s:
a. external physiological status and environment
b. internal physiological status and the environment
c. displacement behaviour and encepha- lization
d. approach gradient and avoidance gradient
Q. Those internal mechanisms of the body which, by controlling numerous highlycomplicated physiological processes, keep it in a state of equilibrium are known as:
a. homeostases
b. nervous system
c. nutrition
d. none of the above
Q. Homeostasis is the overall term for equilibrium preserving tendencies with an organismby which:
a. neurophysiological condition is maintained
b. psychological condition is maintained
c. physiological condition is maintained
d. psychophysical condition is maintained
Q. Sex is a:
a. biological motive
b. physiological motive
c. both (a) and (b)
d. psychological motive
Q. The process of maintaining the biochemical balance or equilibrium throughout humanbody is referred as:
a. osmosis
b. circulation
c. hoeostasis
d. nervous system
Q. A pituitary hormone associated with the secretion of milk is known as:
a. prolactin
b. adrenalin
c. estrogens
d. progesterones
Q. A motive that is primarily learned rather than basing on biological needs is known as:
a. physical motive
b. psychological motive
c. neurophysiological motive
d. psychological motive