According to the PASS Model of Intelligence, which of the following is responsible for attending to stimuli and processing information?
a) Arousal/Attention
b) Simultaneous processing
c) Successive processing
d) Planning
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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.