A. hypothalamus
B. thalamus
C. cerebellum
D. cerebral cortex
Related Mcqs:
- When two groups of participants were each shown a different set of results based on a experiment with rats, both groups reported that the results shown to them were obvious outcomes. This suggests that sometimes things appear to be more obvious than they should. Which cognitive phenomenon can explain this effect?
A. Hindsight bias
B. Intuition
C. Availability heuristic
D. Conditional reasoning - The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:
A. tomography
B. hemispherectomy
C. phrenology
D. plasticity - The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?
A. regeneration
B. accommodation
C. aphasia
D. plasticity - A brain tumor in the hippocampus of the brain would impair a person’s ability to learn new things while leaving their old memories intact. This condition is known as _________________?
A. retroactive inhibition
B. anterograde amnesia
C. proactive inhibition
D. retrograde amnesia - Which of the following is NOT true of the human brain?
A. The cerebellum plays a key role in making movement smooth and efficient, and lies at the black of the brain
B. The motor and sensory systems do not interact
C. The spinal cord, made up of both axons and ganglia, provides us with essential reflexes
D. The brain comprises two halves-or hemispheres - Current research considers human sexual behavior to be motivated by what factors in the brain?
A. External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
B. Pre-optic area and estrogen
C. Interpersonal attraction and financial stability
D. Intelligence and physical attractiveness - The major link between the brain and the glandular system is the:
A. hypothalamus
B. pituitary
C. CNS
D. midbrain - The pons acts as a bridge between the medulla and other brain areas and influences:
A. activity
B. sleep and arousal
C. motor behavior
D. higher reasoning - Chemicals which are produced in the brain and facilitate communication between nerve cells are called ______________?
A. neurotransmitters
B. plasmas
C. syntactic structures
D. adrenocorticoids - When visual information out an object is perceived, which model of perceptual processing emphasizes on-going feedback between the higher centers of the brain(e.g., cognition) and the early stages of processing (e.g., sensory receptors)?
A. Recurrent processing model
B. Serial processing model
C. Parallel processing model
D. Selective adaptation model
