Attention, Perception, Learning & Memory – Previous Year Questions
77 questions from past UGC NET Psychology papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
- Mnemonics work to improve memory because-
- Which model of attention suggest that information is filtered based on physical characteristics?
- Once complex behaviors are learned, they can be maintained using different schedules of reinforcement. Which type of schedule produces the highest response rate?
- The moon illusion is best explained by-
- Arrange the Sequence of the Memory Process: A. Encoding B. Perception C. Storing D. 'Retrieval Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Write the appropriate sequence for causes of forgetting: A. Encoding failure B. Interference C. Retrieval failure D. Decay Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following are the laws of learning? A. Law of effect B. Law of recency C. Law of primacy D. Law of exercise E. Law of readiness Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Which of the following are forms of learning? A. Classical conditioning B. Operant conditioning C. Observational learning D. Genetic inheritance E. Habituation Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given b…
- Which of the following influences perception? A. Attention B. Past experience C. Sensory adaptation D. Language Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- Match the following : List I List II A. Classical Conditioning I. G.A. Miller B. Nonsense Syllables II. Ivan. P. Pavlov C. Magical number III. Ebbinghaus D. Law of Acquisition IV. Edwin Guthrie
- Match the following: List I List II A. Weber's Law I. Sensation grows as a logarithmic function of stimulus intensity B. Fechner's Law II. JND is proportional to the original stimulus C. Absolute threshold III. Minimum…
- Match the following: List I List II A. E. L. Thorndike I. Observation B. B. F. Skinner II. Extinction C. I. P. Pavlov III. Law of effect D. Bandura IV. Shaping
- Aisha's difficulty in concentrating is most directly related to issues with:
- As advised by the Psychologist, chunking strategy helps in:
- Aisha's changes in work behavior following new strategies represent which of the following learning type?
- In addition to tripartite system of working memory, Baddeley, Allen and Hitch (2011) added a fourth component which is called
- The theory which is used to compare judgements or the decisions we make under uncertain conditions is called
- Hull's approach to theory construction is called
- Who among the following is not considered as a reinforcement theorist?
- Which one of the following are the reasons for forgetting? A. The information is not attended to and fails to be encoded B. Information accessed repeatedly decays C. Older information in memory interfers with the learni…
- Match List-I with List-II List I List II A. Premack principle I. The rapid change in performance level as the size of reinforcement is varied B. Zeigarnik effect II. Reinforcement strengthens the neighbouring response i…
- Zeigarnik effect explains :
- Autoclitic behaviour refers to :
- Name the psychologist who has proposed and suggested that the declarative memory can either be Episodic or Semantic.
- The increased accessibility or retrievability of information stored in memory produced by the prior presentation of relevant cues is called :
- According to psychophysical school which of the following statements are true ? (A) Weber's ratio increases as the stimulus intensity increases (B) DL increases proportionately to the changes in the stimulus intensily (…
- Match List-I with List-II. List I List II A. Implicit memory I. The kind of memory that underlies perceptual and cognitive skills B. Working memory II. A vivid and relatively permanent record of the circumstances in whi…
- Arrange the following sentences in sequential order according to classical conditioning : (A) Acstimulus such as food is presented to an organism which is called unconditioned stimulus (Us) (B) The neutral stimulus ligh…
- Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Tobooed words are difficult to recognise. Reason (R); — Perception of the tabooed words is depend…
- Teaching the parents to understand which is show off behaviours and which is not, is helping them with :