According to the PASS model of intelligence, the three functional units of the brain are responsible for which of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Arousal/attention, coding or processing, and planning
Option (1) Analysis, creativity and practical application — Incorrect. Analysis, creativity and practical application are the three parts of <strong>Sternberg's triarchic theory</strong> (componential, experiential and contextual).
Option (2) Simultaneous processing, successive processing and memory — Incorrect. Simultaneous and successive processing are the two ways of <strong>coding</strong> information, so together they form only one unit. Memory is not a separate unit; the third unit is planning.
Option (3) Perception, reasoning and problem solving — Incorrect. Perception, reasoning and problem solving are general mental abilities. The PASS model does not name them as its three functional units.
Option (4) Arousal/attention, coding or processing, and planning — Correct. The PASS model of Das, Naglieri and Kirby says intellectual activity rests on <strong>three interdependent neurological systems</strong>. These handle arousal/attention, coding or processing (simultaneous and successive), and planning, which give the model its name.
NCERT (2026-27): “Planning, Attention-arousal, and Simultaneous-successive (PASS) Model of Intelligence |