Considering the PASS model developed by Das, Naglieri and Kirby, choo…

Considering the PASS model developed by Das, Naglieri and Kirby, choose the correct sequence of events.

(A) Shruti comes to know about ‘Dance India Dance’ auditions taking place in her neighbourhood.

(B) Shruti sets a time for practice and requests her dance teacher for the guidance.

(D) Shruti performs and gets selected.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C), (B), (D)

In the PASS model of Das, Naglieri and Kirby, intellectual activity runs through three functional units of the brain, in this order: arousal/attention, coding or processing, and planning.

(A) Shruti comes to know about the auditions — arousal/attention. The news arouses her and makes her attend to the task, just as a teacher’s announcement of a test arouses a student to attend to the chapters. Arousal comes first, because without it no information is processed.

(C) Shruti checks her old videos to select the best piece — simultaneous and successive processing. She integrates what she sees into her knowledge, comparing the pieces and seeing how they relate, to judge which is best.

(B) Shruti sets a time for practice and asks her teacher for guidance — planning. After the information is attended to and processed, planning is activated: she sets a goal, makes a time schedule and seeks help, as a student does before a test.

(D) Shruti performs and gets selected — the outcome of carrying out the plan, so it comes last.

NCERT (2025-26): “Planning, Attention-arousal, and Simultaneous-successive (PASS) Model of Intelligence … This model has been developed by J.P. Das, Jack Naglieri, and Kirby (1994). According to this model, intellectual activity involves the inter dependent functioning of three neurological systems, called the functional units of brain. These units are responsible for arousal/attention, coding or processing, and planning respectively.…”

“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.…”

“Simultaneous and Successive Processing : … You can integrate the information into your knowledge system either simultaneously or successively.…”

“Planning : … This is an essential feature of intelligence. After the information is attended to and processed, planning is activated. It allows us to think of the possible courses of action, implement them to reach a target, and evaluate their effectiveness.…”