Top 350+ Solved Physiological Psychology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Any drug capable of effecting behaviour is called
a. psychoactive
b. psychopharmacological
c. psychedelic
d. consciousness alerting
Q. The part of the brain that interacts most importantly with the sex hormones in theregulation of sexual behaviour is the
a. hypothalamus
b. cortex.
c. thalamus
d. medulla
Q. ------------------- is the tendency to eat in response to negative emotions.
a. Binge eating
b. Emotional eating
c. Dieting
d. Over eating
Q. Feeding center is a group of cells in the _______________that when stimulated cause asensation of hunger.
a. lateral hypothalamus
b. cerebral cortex
c. mid brain
d. ventromedial hypothalamus
Q. A chronic lack of nutritious food can cause various illnesses, and will eventually lead to______________.
a. Depression
b. Misfunction
c. Starvation
d. Suppression
Q. Damage to the lateral hypothalamus may lead to a condition known as ______________.
a. Anorexia nervosa
b. Bulimia
c. Frölich\s syndrome
d. Cohen syndrome
Q. ________________also determine food intake in the long-term and are important inmaintaining energy balance over a nutritionally significant interval.
a. Metabolic signals
b. Cephalic signals
c. Gastrointestinal signals
d. Intestinal signals
Q. Russek first proposed the ____________as a site where changes in metabolism aredetected to control feeding behavior,
a. Intestine
b. Liver
c. Thalamus
d. Hormone
Q. The _______________is a key hypothalamic nucleus in the regulation of appetite.
a. CART
b. NPY
c. ARC
d. PVN
Q. The ______________ postulates that certain ethnic groups may be more prone to obesityin an equivalent environment.
a. Glucostatic hypothesis
b. lipostatic hypothesis
c. Russek’s studies
d. Thrifty gene hypothesis
Q. ______________is produced by adipose tissue to signal fat storage reserves in the body,and mediates long-term appetitive controls,
a. Leptin
b. Ghrelin
c. Orexin
d. PYY 3-36
Q. Excessive thirst, known as polydipsia, along with excessive urination, known as polyuria, may be an indication of ___________.
a. Renal problems
b. Diabetes
c. Starvation
d. seizures