Class 11 Psychology Chapter 5 Sensory, Attentional And Perceptual Processes Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. What is the term for the process by which we interpret sensory information?
2. What is the primary function of sensory receptors?
3. In EcoRI, what does 'co' stand for
4. The time period between the completion of the action potential and repolarization
5. Involuntary stimuli to the cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, internal organs, blood pressure sweating etc.
6. This part of the eye carries the message from your eye to the part of your brain that controls vision.
7. These neuron processes transmit information from the sensory organs to the central nervous system
8. What is the purpose of the myelin sheath on the axon?
9. Which theory of selective attention suggests that stimuli are filtered based on their characteristics?
10. ..... people perceive the external world in its totality, i.e. in a global or holistic manner.
11. Taq polymerase enzyme isolated from a bacterium
12. While writing an answer water smears on Pallavi's paper. The teacher however, is able to make sense of the word by reading the whole sentence. Which processing approach has the teacher used here?
13. How does your body prevent your temperature from rising excessively?
14. What is the role of the kinesthetic system?
15. What part of the nervous system is responsible for our body's quick reflexes?
16. What is the process of focusing on a limited number of stimuli from a larger group called?
17. If you rub a piece of sand that blows into your eye, you are likely to scratch your .....
18. Part of tan axon that contains a nucleus
19. It brings the formed images on the retina to the brain.
20. A neuron with a smaller axon diameter will transmit information faster
21. Part of the PNS that controls cardiac, smooth muscles and glands
22. What are your sensory organs?
23. What organ is related to the sense of SIGHT?
24. Which of the following is NOT one of the five external sense organs?
25. What does the term 'difference threshold' refer to?