UGC NET Psychology · M.Clin.Psy · GATE Psychology

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Cognitive Psychology

Attention & Perception

Perceptual Organization

1Sensation and Perception

Perception is the process of organising and interpreting sensory input to form a meaningful picture of the world.

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Perceptual Set

A predisposition to perceive stimuli in a particular way, shaped by expectation, motivation, and past experience.

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Among the laws of perceptual grouping, the law of simplicity is a tendency to:

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Cognitive Psychology
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Intelligence & Creativity5.93.51.9
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UGC NET Psychology · July 2018

In the brain and spinal cord, which cells produce myelin?

AOligodendrocytesCorrect answer
BSchwann cellsYour answer
CAstrocytes
DMicroglia

Oligodendrocytes myelinate axons in the CNS; Schwann cells do so in the PNS.

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Learning: Foundations & Classical Conditioning12 of 20 complete
Recall

In classical conditioning, is the response elicited or emitted?

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Elicited by an antecedent stimulus.

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Umar Khan

NIMHANS-trained clinical psychologist · Visiting Faculty

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Umar Khan is a NIMHANS-trained clinical psychologist and Visiting Faculty at Gurugram University. His clinical training and teaching experience shape how The Exam Brief explains concepts, connects them to questions and structures revision.

The timeline lists all five psychology entrance and eligibility examinations he has taken; he cleared each on the first attempt.

Cleared on first attempt

5 exams
2016

JMI UG Entrance

BA (Hons) Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia

2019

JMI PG Entrance

MA Applied Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia

2020

UGC NET Psychology

Cleared with JRF eligibility

2021

GATE Psychology

All India Rank 1

2021

NIMHANS MPhil

MPhil Clinical Psychology

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The Exam Brief covers UGC NET Psychology, M.Clin.Psy entrance examinations at NIMHANS, RML, CIP, IHBAS and IMHANS, and GATE Psychology. Its structure is informed by an analysis of 2,500+ PYQs, making recurring topics and tested distinctions easier to identify. The landing-page exam comparison offers a broad orientation; signed-in Study contains the calculated PYQ Topic Weightage.


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