Behavioural and Allied Sciences

31. Which of these is a symptom of acute stress:

1. Heartburn
2. Diarrhea
3. Sweaty palms
4. All the above

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32. The hippocampus attaches to

1. Emotions and memories
2. Emotions and cortex
3. Memories and cortex
4. Cortex and emotions

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33. The purity of light is called

1. hue
2. wavelength
3. saturation
4. brightness

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34. A researcher interested in the relationship between physical stimuli and our psychological experience would be studying

1. extrasensory perception
2. proprioception
3. transduction
4. psychophysics

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35. People are more likely to notice 5 rupees increase in the price of a candy bar than they are to notice 5 rupees increase in an iPhone. This illustrates

1. the absolute threshold
2. webers law
3. signal detection
4. opponent process

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36. What structure provides the boundary between outer and middle ear:

1. tympanic membrane
2. cochlea
3. pinna
4. oval window

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37. ______________ is to vision as ______________ is to audition.

1. superior colliculus, inferior colliculus
2. inferior colliculus, superior colliculus
3. organ of corti, inferior ovilary
4. Superior ovilary, inferior ovilary

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38. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland:

1. Hypothalamus
2. Pituitary
3. Parathyroid
4. Pancreas

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39. Unlike polypeptide hormones, steroid hormones

1. demonstrate rapid onset of effect
2. are more likely to have an associated receptor in the cytosol or nucleus
3. more commonly function via specific second messengers
4. are more rapidly degraded and therefore demonstrate more temporary effects

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40. Insufficient thyroxine can lead to

1. goitre
2. tetany
3. cretinism
4. myxoedema

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