Afferent pathways are involved in which of the following sensory systems?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is true of afferent neurons?

   A. located in the dorsal column of spinal cord
   B. located in the ventral column of spinal cord
   C. not located in spinal cord
   D. found only in striated muscles

2. Which of the following sensory systems involves the ganglion cells and the ciliary muscles?

   A. Cutaneous
   B. Auditory
   C. Visual
   D. Olfactory

3. Neural circuits of many sensory systems:

   A. Respond to specific stimulus patterns
   B. Respond to the whole visual field
   C. Respond primarily to stationary objects
   D. Develop only after birth

4. A collection of responses that are predetermined by the inheritance of specific nerve or cytoplasmic pathways in multicellular or unicellular organisms is:

   A. Innate behaviour
   B. learned behaviour
   C. Conditioned reflex type I
   D. None of these

5. Which of the following condition is not associated with prolonged sensory deprivation?

   A. Inability to concentrate
   B. A satisfying-relaxed feeling
   C. Hallucinations
   D. Confusion
   E. None of these

6. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

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

7. Which of the following parts of forebrain carries sensory information to the other parts of the forebrain?

   A. Thalamus
   B. Cerebrum
   C. Limbic system
   D. All of the above

8. The function of the sensory neuron is to ________________?

   A. organize information
   B. carry information to central nervous system
   C. transmits messages between neurons
   D. transmit messages from motor to interneurons

9. What sensory organs responsible for balance are also related to motion sickness?

   A. ciliary muscles
   B. the cochlea
   C. the olfactory bulb
   D. the semicircular canals

10. European psychologist of the _________century devoted considerable attention to studies dealing with sensory experiences and mental imagery:

    A. 20th
    B. 19th
    C. 18th
    D. 17th