SOLVED PYQs UGC NET (PSYCHOLOGY)
Attention
UGC NET PSYCHOLOGY
Attention, Perception, Learning, Memory & Forgetting (UNIT 5)
Included Topics: Attention: Forms of Attention, Models of Attention
1. Match the items of List I (Theories) with List II (Descriptions) and mark your answer with the help of the codes given below: [DEC 2014]
| List I (Theories) | List II (Descriptions) |
|---|---|
| A. Theory of Signal Detection | I. Sensory subjective magnitude grows in proportion to the intensity of the stimulus raised to a power. |
| B. The Fechner Law | II. The minimal amount of stimulus energy required for a detection of a stimulus. |
| C. Absolute Threshold | III. Evaluation of the separate effects of the observer’s sensory capacity and response bias. |
| D. Stevens Power Law | IV. Larger and larger inputs in stimulus energy are required to obtain a corresponding sensory effect. |
(1) A-1, B-IV, C-II, D-III
(2) A-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II
(3) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(4) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
2. In terms of efficiency in scanning information, which one of the following strategies is considered to be the best? [JULY 2016]
(1) Conservative focusing
(2) Focus gambling
(3) Simultaneous scanning
(4) Successive scanning
3. Which of the following phenomena result from failures in attentional capture? [JULY 2016]
I. Inattentional blindness
II. Change detection
III. Flicker paradigm
(1) I and III
(2) I and II
(3) II and III
(4) All of these
4. Selective attention in vision respectively have been dubbed as and audition [JULY 2016]
(1) ‘optic’ and ‘haptic’
(2) ‘spotlight’ and ‘gateway’
(3) ‘spatial’ and ‘acoustic’
(4) ‘central’ and ‘peripheral’
5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below: [JAN 2017]
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| A. Hit | I. Signal is present but response is No |
| B. Miss | II. Signal is present and response is Yes |
| C. False Alarm | III. Signal is absent and the response is No |
| D. Correct Rejection | IV. Signal is absent but the response is Yes |
(1) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
(2) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(3) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(4) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
6. People often cannot remember where they heard what they heard. Sometimes people think they saw things they did not see or heard things they did not hear. This is the case of [JAN 2017]
(1) Bias
(2) Misattribution
(3) Suggestibility
(4) Blocking
7. Memory retrieval is [JAN 2017]
I. Reconstructive
II. Constructive
III. Unconscious
IV. Symbolic
(1) Only I
(2) Only II
(3) I and II
(4) III and IV
8. Read each or the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using codes given below: [JAN 2017]
Assertion (A): Words that are logically connected have been found to be recalled more easily than the words that were concretely connected.
Reason (R): The deeper the level of processing, the higher the level of recall achieved.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
9. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below. [NOV 2017]
| List I (Concept) | List II (Explanation) |
|---|---|
| A. Inattentional blindness | I. Medium point of one’s personal frame of reference |
| B. Habituation | II. Ingrained patterns of organisation and attention |
| C. Adaption level | III. Failure to perceive a stimulus that is in plain view, but not the focus of attention |
| D. Perceptual habits | IV. Tendency to respond less to predictable and unchanging stimuli. |
(1) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(2) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(3) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(4) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
10. Read each of the following two statements Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and Indicate your answer using codes given below [NOV 2017]
Assertion (A): To use a computer, we must learn to pay attention to specific stimuli, such as icons, commands and signals.
Reason (R): Learning creates perceptual habits that affect our daily experience.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | (1) | (1) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (1) | (1) |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| (2) | (1) | (3) | (2) | (1) | (1) | (4) | (2) | (1) | (2) |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
| (2) | (2) | (4) | (4) | (4) | (2) | (1) | (3) |
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