SECTION A
1. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) Role of the pinna in sound localisation
(b) Sternberg’s additive factors method
(c) Principle of univariance
(d) “Depth of processing” in memory
2. Write an essay on ONE of the following:
(a) When single words are excised from continuous
conversational speech and presented in isolation they are
often difficult or impossible to understand.
What are the implications of this finding? How can it be
reconciled with the fact that the continuous speech itself
may be highly intelligible?
(b) How does Shallice’s supervisory attentional system
provide an account of the control of behaviour?
SECTION B
3. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) Phase locking in the auditory system
(b) Instrumental conditioning
(c) Unilateral neglect
(d) Cognitive appraisal in emotion (Schachter’s theory)
4. Write an essay on ONE of the following:
(a) Why do surprising outcomes generate associative
learning?
(b) Evaluate the relationship between emotion and rationality
in human decision making.
TURN OVER
SECTION C
5. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) Intention reading in lexical development
(b) Face processing in infancy
(c) Goal-directed action in infancy
(d) The Strange Situation test of attachment
6. Write an essay on ONE of the following:
(a) Did Piaget give a misleading account of infancy?
(b) What processes underlie the development of a theory
of mind in early childhood? How might an abnormality
in these processes affect development?