When you are told by your teacher about a test that s/he plans to hold, it forces you to focus your attention on reading, learning, and revising the contents of the chapters. According to the PASS Model of Intelligence, which of the following factor is responsible for the same?

a) Arousal/Attention

b) Simultaneous processing

c) Successive processing

d) Planning

a

Arousal/Attention : State of arousal is basic to any behaviour as it helps us in attending to stimuli. Arousal and attention enable a person to process information. An optimal level of arousal focuses our attention to the relevant aspects of a problem. Too much or too little arousal would interfere with attention. For instance, when you are told by your teacher about a test which s/he plans to hold, it would arouse you to attend to the specific chapters. Arousal forces you to focus your attention on reading, learning and revising the contents of the chapters.