Effat Ashiq has a bad case of vertigo. She feels like the room is springing, and she has trouble keeping her balance. It is possible that this sense of disequilibrium is a result of excess activity in neurons originating in the:

Related Mcqs:

1. ______ receive information from other neurons; _________ transmit information other neurons.

   A. synapses, cell bodies
   B. Dendrites, axon buttons
   C. Axon buttons dendrites
   D. Axon; cell bodies

2. Ameen, a 70-years old retired teacher, feels that his life has not been of any real value or significance. According to Erikson, Ameen has failed to achieve a sense of:

   A. autonomy
   B. independence
   C. basic trust
   D. integrity

3. Regarding the electrical activity of neurons, which of the following is?

   A. Neurons are integrators; they can have a vast number of different inputs, but they produce just a single output signal, which they transmit to their targets
   B. There is a small voltage difference between the inside and the outside of the neuron in it resting state, known as the action potential
   C. The inputs to neurons are tiny amounts of chemical neurotransmitters
   D. In the steady state neurons, there is an active pumping of ions across the neuronal membrane

4. In what way (s) is the sense of taste like the sense of smell?

   A. There are four primary stimulus groups for both senses
   B. both systems are routed through the thalamus on the way to the cortex
   C. The physical stimuli for both senses are chemical substances dissolved in fluid
   D. All of the above

5. 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

6. A student who has studied German in high school, takes a course in French in college and now has trouble remembering the German. This is an example of the effects of __________________?

   A. retroactive interference
   B. proactive interference
   C. state-dependent learning
   D. encoding specificity

7. A coach goes to meet a new child and parent at the side of the soccer field and asks how old the body is. The mother responds by saying that her daughter his five. This is an example of which type of identity trouble?

   A. mistaken identity placement
   B. dissonance between announced identity and placement
   C. insufficient support for identity announcement
   D. mismanagement of superfluous identities

8. Which of the following therapies is more concerned with removing specific trouble symptoms than with providing special insights into the personality of the client?

   A. client – centered therapy
   B. behavior therapy
   C. psychoanalysis
   D. cognitive therapy

9. Sally has trouble solving for X in her Algebra class. She can’t quite grasp the idea of:

   A. Abstract reasoning
   B. Conservation
   C. Egocentrism
   D. Reversibility

10. Santa Claus stops by your house to drop off presents and is feeling very hungry. He sees two cookies on the mantle and quickly devours them. Afterward, he no longer feels a need to eat. What theory of motivation best describes this situation?

    A. Instinct
    B. Evolutionary
    C. Drive reduction
    D. Incentive