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.
- Loftus and Pickrell (1995) asked people to read and think about events which had happened to them in childhood and also instructed to write a description of one event which was actually fictitious. About one third of th…
- Which of the following in learning environment are considered to be true about school success? (A) The self image is vital to learning (B) Very high goal setting is necessary to motivate and study (C) Success experience…
- Which of the following categories were given by Skinner for different verbal responses in terms of how they are reinforced? (A) Mand (B) Tact (C) Echoic Behaviour (D) Autoclitic Behaviour Choose the correct answer from…
- The components of 'Working Memory' are:- (A) Acoustic unit (B) Semantic unit (C) Central executive (D) Episodic buffer Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
- Match List I with List II List I – Depth cue List II – Explanation A. Motion parallax I. Both eyes fixate on the same point in space B. Texture gradient II. Partial occlusion of a far object by a near object C. Interpos…
- Match List I with List II List I – Theoretical perspective List II – Explanation A. Encoding Specificity Hypothesis I. Does not endorse different memory storage B. Retrieval-induced Forgetting II. Suppress unwanted memo…
- The evolution of the various explanations or models of memory occur in the following sequence : (A) Multistore (B) Working memory (C) Level of processing (D) Interference Choose the correct answer from the options given…
- Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : In fixed interval schedule of reinforcement behaviour is reinforced in a fixed time period. Rea…
- In depth perception, what kind of images are used?
- What do you call the attention that is drawn automatically to a stimulus without the intention of the participant?
- What is the retention without conscious recollection of skills and dispositions called?
- A harsh father always restricts the curiosity motive of his son and the son develops a general hostility towards his superiors. Which of the following is correct about this?
- What comprises haptic perception? A. Shape B. Size C. Volume D. Identity Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Match List I with List II List I List II A. A reinforcement that reinforces a response at unpredictable time intervals I. Fixed-ratio schedule B. A reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified time ha…
- Match List I with List II List I – Description List II – Concept A. A laboratory device for testing depth in infants and young animals I. Perceptual adaptation B. Refers to the differences in the two eyes' location of c…
- Arrange in sequence what Yerkes described commonly takes place in "insight learning" A. Sharpening and frequent recurrent attention to the goal B. Trial C. Survey/Inspection D. Attitude of concentrated attention E. Crit…
- Arrange the pairings of US and CS in classical conditioning in terms of onset of US in relation to CS starting from the earliest A. Backward B. Simultaneous C. Delayed D. Trace Choose the correct answer from the options…