Which sensory receptor is found in greatest number in the skin?

Related Mcqs:

1. Information picked up by the body’s receptor cells is termed: ____________?

   A. cognition
   B. perception
   C. adaptation
   D. Sensation

2. The incoming flow of information from our sensory systems is referred to as ____________?

   A. sensation
   B. perception
   C. adaptation
   D. cognition

3. Things that are heard are held as a brief ____________ in the sensory register.

   A. echo
   B. icon
   C. image
   D. engram

4. ________________ determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory.

   A. Encoding failure
   B. Selective attention
   C. Repression
   D. Eidetic encoding

5. Which of the following determines what information moves from sensory memory to short-term memory?

   A. consolidation
   B. an engram
   C. working memory
   D. selective attention

6. There is more somato-sensory cortex of the:____________?

   A. mouth
   B. shoulder
   C. feet
   D. legs

7. Which brain structure appears to an active role in integrating sensory information?

   A. cerebellum
   B. hypothalamus
   C. thalamus
   D. cerebrum

8. Which would represent the greatest loss to a professional wine taster or chef?

   A. vestibular loss
   B. injury to the pinna
   C. olfactory loss
   D. injury to the cochlea

9. All of the following are goals of psychology EXCEPT:

   A. Evaluate
   B. Describe
   C. Control
   D. Predict

10. The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called:___________?

    A. sensory completion
    B. closure
    C. figure-ground
    D. continuation