SECTION A
1. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) d’
(b) Inhibition of return
(c) Depth cues
(d) The Craik-Cornsweet illusion
2. Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
(a) What are the principles of univariance and adaptive independence? What
implications do they have for the study of vision?
(b) Can we do two things at once without cost?
SECTION B
3. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) The function of the orbito-frontal cortex
(b) Neglect
(c) Retrograde amnesia
(d) The James-Lange theory of emotion
4. Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
(a) Is language represented in the left hemisphere of the brain? Evaluate
evidence from both healthy and brain-damaged individuals.
(b) Distinguish between classical and instrumental conditioning and discuss
the role of ‘habits’ in the latter.
SECTION C
5. Give a short account of TWO of the following:
(a) Object permanence in infants
(b) Memory in infants
(c) Reasoning in adolescence and adulthood
(d) Special Constraints theory
6. Write an essay to answer ONE of the following questions:
(a) What did Piaget mean by ‘concrete operational’ thinking? Was he right to
claim that it constitutes a distinct stage of mental development?
(b) Evaluate the claim that children acquire a ‘theory of mind’ around the age
of four years.