Touch receptors are more numerous in the:

Related Mcqs:

1. These may be free nerve endings, expanded tip endings or stray endings that are able to detect stimuli of touch pressure, hearing and equilibrium:

   A. Photoreceptors
   B. Mechanoreceptors
   C. Chemoreceptors
   D. Thermoreceptors

2. When a person has suffered numerous hypomanic and depressive symptoms for over 2 years, but the symptoms are not serious enough in duration to be considered a mood episode, it is called what?

   A. Cyclothymic Disorder
   B. Bipolar II
   C. Bipolar I
   D. Ultra – Rapid Cycling

3. Klaus is a psychological graduate student who wants to determine whether electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for schizophrenia. To combine the result of numerous published studies on this issue, Klaus should use a technique called:

   A. counterconditioning
   B. meta – analysis
   C. factor analysis
   D. electric therapy

4. Mr. Noor mistakenly believed that a single intake interview in which he simply described his numerous symptoms to a therapist was a treatment for his distress. His immediate relief from many of his symptoms following this session best illustrates:

   A. transference
   B. counterconditioning
   C. unconditional positive regard
   D. the placebo effect

5. A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

   A. regression
   B. identification
   C. projection
   D. reaction formation

6. Following are the affects of numerous stressors:

   A. Uncertainty and under-stressors
   B. Information Overload
   C. Danger
   D. All of these

7. John failed his mate exam but made a touch down during the homecoming game. He took credit for winning the game but blamed his professor for his Mate test failure. This is known as the:

   A. Fundamental attribution error
   B. Attribution of negative causality
   C. Self- serving bias
   D. Cognitive dissonance model

8. The absolute threshold for touch is_________?

   A. Pressure of one had pushing on your head for 30 seconds
   B. A puff of air blown in your face from 2 feet away
   C. Water from a shower landing on your back with a velocity of one foot per second
   D. The wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a distance of 1 centimeter

9. When you go over to visit your friend’s new baby, your friend exclaims, “Watch this! Every time I touch his cheek he turns his mouth towards my finger!” Because you’ve taken psychology, you know that this phenomenon is called the______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. complementary
   C. rooting
   D. startle

10. The pleasantness of touch is located in the_________.

    A. Human orbitofrontal cortex
    B. Human renin-angiotensin system
    C. Human hypothalamus
    D. Peacock hypothalamus