SECTION A
1) Give a short account of TWO of the following:
a) Donder’s subtraction method
b) Phonological and word-length effects in working memory
c) The role of the pinna in sound localisation
d) Serial position curves
2) Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
a) What is meant by direct and indirect theories of retrieval? Describe an
experiment in support of each theory.
b) Define and explain the differences between early selection and late selection
theories of attention.
SECTION B
3) Give a short account of TWO of the following:
a) The James-Lange theory of emotion
b) Unilateral Neglect
c) Visual cortex
d) Memory consolidation
4) Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
a) What can studies of people with acquired language deficits tell us about
language processing in the normal, intact brain?
b) Describe and distinguish between Pavlovian (classical) and instrumental
conditioning. Discuss the roles of implicit and explicit learning in conditioning.
SECTION C
5) Give a short account of TWO of the following:
a) Language acquisition device
b) Piaget’s theory of the preoperational period
c) Theory of mind
d) The invisible displacement task
6) Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
a) What, in your view, are the most important factors in social and emotional
development and why?
b) Can early non-linguistic behaviour be considered to be communication?