INDIAN SCHOOL AL GHUBRA CLASS

XI: PSYCHOLOGY 2021-22

CHAPTER 3- THE BASES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WORKSHEET-3

1.Swatting a mosquito is an example of which of the following?

i.Use of the somatic nervous system
ii.A sensory neuron reflex
iii.An unconscious reflex
iv.Use of the autonomic nervous system

2.Which of the following is an example of a parasympathetic response?

i.Heightened awareness
ii.Sweating
iii.Heart rate quickening
iv.Heart rate slowing

3.The sensory neurons (which take in information about what you see, hear, taste, touch and
smell) and motor neurons (which send information to your muscles and glands so you can
react) are a part of what system?
i.The pituitary system
ii.The central nervous system
iii.The endocrine system
iv.The peripheral nervous system

4.If you were being chased by a lion, which of the following would release adrenaline?
i.Pituitary gland
ii.Pancreas
iii.Adrenal gland
iv.Thyroid

5._____ is the vital centre of the brain.

i.Pons
ii.Cerebellum
iii.Cerebrum
iv. Medulla oblongata.

6. Give a term for the following:

i. Involuntary action that occurs very spontaneously and sudden.
Ans-Reflex action
ii. This system deals with situations of fight or flight.
Ans-Sympathetic nervous system
iii. Lobe concerned with processing of auditory sensations.
Ans-Temporal Lobe
iv. The ‘man made part of the environment’.
Ans-Culture

7.__Society__ is a group of people who occupy a particular territory and speak a common
language not generally understood by neighbouring people.

8.__Enculturation___ refers to all learning that takes place without direct, deliberate teaching.

9.Anyone who possesses power relative to us can socialize us. Such people are called
____socialization agents_____.

10. __Socialization___ is a process by which individuals acquire knowledge, skills and

dispositions which enable them to participate as effective members of groups and society.

11. Acculturation can take place any time in one’s life, whenever it occurs,it requires re-
learning of__norms____, values,_dispositions_______,and .___patterns of
behaviour____

12.___Acculturation attitudes_____are the changes often reflected in people’s attitudes towards

change at subjective level.

13. Development of self-identity is greatly facilitated by the _peer group ______

.

14. __memes___ writes the script of cultural transmissions.

15. __Parents__ and ___school___ are the most significant socialization agents.

16. Identify the socialization agent in the given situations:

1. Seema is given a chocolate at home for getting full marks in dictation in her class.
Ans ;parent
2. Milan not only learnt cognitive skills here but also learnt many social skills like ways of
behaving with elders here.
ans:school
3. The external world is making its way into Arun’s life. Ans : media
4. Sharing, trust, mutual understanding developed in Siraj due to this agent. Ans :peer
groups

17. Match the four Acculturative strategies:

1. Integration a. An attitude in which people do not wish to maintain their cultural

identity, and they move to become an integral part of the other culture.

2. Assimilation b.an attitude in which there is little possibility or interest in one’s cultural
maintenance, and little interest in having relations with other cultural groups

3. Separation c. an attitude in which there is interest in both maintaining one’s cultural

identity, while staying in daily interaction with other cultural groups.

4. Marginalisation d. an attitude in which people seem to place a value on holding on

to their original culture and wish to avoid interaction with other cultural groups.

1 C …….2 A………..3 D……….4 B.

18. Name the principle which means they either respond completely or do not respond at all.
-The All or None Principle

19. The nervous system and the endocrine system work together in giving a shape to
human behaviour and experience.

20. The (C) amygdala in the forebrain plays an important role in emotional behaviour
a. Hippocampus
b. Thalamus
c.Amygdala
d.Cerebrum

21. There are 12 sets of cranial nerves and 31 sets of spinal nerves in the nervous system.

22. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are the hormones secreted by Adrenal Medulla in fight
and flight response.

23. What makes up the largest part of the brain?

(a) frontal lobe/ b) temporal lobe/ c)occipital lobe/ parietal lobe)

24. What regulates the level of sugar in the blood?

(a)thalamus/ b)Hypothalamus/ c)pancreas/ d)parathyroid)
25. The soma is the basic unit of nervous system (true/ false)

26. Nerves are mainly of two types. They are: (Cytoplasm & axon/ Sensory & motor/ Soma&
synapse/ Sympathetic & parasympathetic)

27. The nerve fibres work according to the all or none principle.

28. The is known as the master gland. (gonads/ pituitary/ thyroid/ adrenal)

29. RAS stands for reticular activating system

30. Acculturation refers to the cultural and psychological changes resulting from contact
with other cultures.