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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 38

Perception, Learning, Memory and Forgetting · Perception: Attention, organizing principles, Gestalt perception, depth perception and illusions · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Identify “False” and “True” statements

P. Little children wearing neon green color jacket on field trips illustrates the use of exogenous attention

Q. Scanning the room for green color because your friend said she will wear a green dress illustrates the use of endogenous attention

R. Endogenous attention is voluntary – exogenous attention is involuntary

S. Endogenous attention is a bottom up process and exogenous attention is a top down process

  1. P – false, Q – true, R– true, S – true
  2. P – true, Q – false, R – true, S – true
  3. P – true, Q – true, R – true, S – false
  4. P – false, Q – true, R – false, S – false

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Correct answer: (C) P – true, Q – true, R – true, S – false

Explanation

A bright jacket captures attention automatically (exogenous), so P is true. Looking for a friend's green dress is a deliberate, goal-driven search (endogenous), so Q is true. Endogenous attention is voluntary and exogenous is involuntary, so R is true. S has it the wrong way round: endogenous attention is top-down and exogenous attention is bottom-up, so S is false.