SOLVED PYQs UGC NET (PSYCHOLOGY)
Theoretical Perspectives on Thought Processes
UGC NET PSYCHOLOGY
Thinking, Intelligence and Creativity (UNIT 6)
Included Topics: Theoretical perspectives on thought processes: Associationism, Gestalt, Information processing, Feature integration model Concept formation: Rules, Types, and Strategies; Role of concepts in thinking Types of Reasoning Language and thought
1. Cognition refers to the mental activity associated understanding and with information. (DEC 2014)
(1) processing; sending
(2) passing; sending
(3) processing; communicating
(4) passing; communicating
2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by choosing from the codes given below: (DEC 2014)
| List I (Concepts) | List II (Descriptions) |
|---|---|
| A. Morpheme | I. The set of rules by which we derive meanings from morphemes, words and sentences. |
| B. Grammar | II. The rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences. |
| C. Semantics | III. The system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others. |
| D. Syntax | IV. The smallest unit that carries meaning, may be a word or a part of word. |
Codes:
(1) A-I, B-III, C-III, D-IV
(2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(3) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(4) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
3. Mental grouping of similar objects, events or people is called (DEC 2014)
(1) Cognition
(2) Concept
(3) Prototype
(4) Thinking
4. Mr A goes out one frosty morning and finds that his car is covered with a thick layer of frost. He needs to get to work and looks for his ice scraper. Unable to find it, he thinks a moment, goes into the house and returns with a hard plastic spatula from the kitchen. In using the spatula as a make shift ice scraper Mr A has overcome (DEC 2014)
(1) confirmation fixedness
(2) confirmation bias
(3) creativity bias
(4) functional fixedness
5. Match the following with the help of codes given below: (DEC 2014)
| List I (Concepts/Phenomenons) | List II (Examples/Descriptions) |
|---|---|
| A. Morpheme | I. Adjective before the noun |
| B. Phoneme | II. Conclusion of statements |
| C. Syntax | III. Break |
| D. Syllogism | IV. ‘D’ or ‘A’ |
Codes:
(1) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(2) A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
(3) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
(4) A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
6. Concepts that closely matches the defining characteristics of a concept are known as (DEC 2014)
(1) formal concepts
(2) natural concepts
(3) prototype
(4) subordinate concepts
7. Which of the following is not the way we acquire concepts? (JUNE 2015)
(1) Naturally acquired
(2) By discrimination learning
(3) Innate
(4) By definition
8. The first attempt to both theories and measure intelligence was made by (JUNE 2015)
(1) JM Cattell
(2) Galton
(3) Binel
(4) Spearman
9. Deductive and inductive reasoning refers to (JUNE 2015)
I. universal to universal
II. universal to particular
III. particular to particular
IV. particular to universal
Codes:
(1) I and II
(2) III and I
(3) II and IV
(4) IV and III
10. The diagram below is an example of The boy Hit The ball Over the face (JUNE 2015)
(1) constituents
(2) linguistic universals
(3) morphemes
(4) underlying representation
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| (3) | (4) | (2) | (4) | (1) | (3) | (3) | (2) | (3) | (1) |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| (3) | (4) | (2) | (4) | (1) | (1) | (4) | (2) | (3) | (2) |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| (1) | (3) | (4) | (4) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (4) | (4) | (1) |
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| (4) | (2) | (2) | (1) | (4) | (1) | (4) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 |
| (2) | (3) | (1) | (3) | (3) | (3) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| (1) | (4) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (3) | (1) | (1) | (3) | (4) |
| 61 | 62 | ||||||||
| (3) | (1) |
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