In animals it consists of two lobes and is situated above the larynx:

Related Mcqs:

1. The visual pathway that has been characterized as_________travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the ______travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.

   A. the what pathway, the where pathway
   B. the where pathway; what pathway
   C. the opponent process pathway; the trichromatic pathway
   D. the trichromatic pathway; the opponent process pathway

2. The occipital lobes are to___________as the temporal lobes are to_______________.

   A. seeing; hearing
   B. speaking; hearing
   C. hearing; sensing movement
   D. seeing; sensing touch

3. A gland in man found embedded in the posterior art of the lateral lobes of the thyroid is:

   A. Goiter
   B. Pancreas
   C. Parathyroids
   D. Adrenals

4. The frontal lobes are most likely to be highly active during ____________?

   A. auditory perception
   B. abstract problem solving
   C. visual perception
   D. walking

5. The lobes of the brain located in the back of the head are ____________?

   A. temporal lobes
   B. occipital lobes
   C. parietal lobes
   D. frontal lobes

6. Coordination in higher animals is:

   A. Nervous coordination
   B. chemical coordination
   C. Both a & b
   D. None of these

7. The cells in higher animals and in humans that make about half of the nervous system is:

   A. Neurons
   B. Neuroglia
   C. Neuroglia
   D. Neurula

8. In animals chemical coordination involves:

   A. Central nervous system
   B. Endocrine system
   C. Lymphatic system
   D. All of the above

9. The school of thought which restricted psychology’s subject matter to the observable actions of people and other animals is ___________?

   A. Structuralism
   B. physiological psychology
   C. behaviorism
   D. ethnology
   E. None of these

10. Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

    A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
    B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
    C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
    D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place