The gate control theory of pain perception presumes that pain signals are blocked by ____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The gate-control theory of pain proposes that pain actually occurs _________________?

   A. at the receptor cite
   B. only in the external receptors
   C. in the brain
   D. only under intense stimulus levels

2. Communication among the neurons requires two main activities. Electrical signals which are generated by________and chemical signals which are generated by______.

   A. Resting potentials, neurotransmitters
   B. Neurotransmitters, axon potentials
   C. Neurotransmitters, depolarization
   D. Axon potentials; neurotransmitters

3. Endorphin agonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain and endorphin antagonists are likely to ___________ one’s immediate pain:

   A. increase; increase
   B. decrease; increase
   C. decrease; decrease
   D. eliminate; eliminate

4. The opponent-process theory is to our sense of color as the gate-control theory is to our sense of ____________?

   A. smell
   B. touch
   C. kinesthesia
   D. pain

5. The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.

   A. Perceptual schemas
   B. Relative clarity
   C. Shape constancy
   D. Stroboscopic movement

6. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

7. The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

   A. blind spot
   B. optic disk
   C. opponent process field
   D. receptive field

8. The type of the nervous system that transmits signals between the central nervous system and the rest of the body is:

   A. diffused nervous system
   B. Peripheral nervous system
   C. Sensory nervous system
   D. Motor nervous system

9. It conducts signals to and from the brain and controls reflex activities:

   A. Spinal cord
   B. Sensory neurons
   C. Motor neurons
   D. Diffused nervous system

10. The collection of rod and cone receptors that funnel signals to a particular visual cell in the retina make up that cell’s:

    A. blind spot
    B. optic disk
    C. opponent process field
    D. receptive field