Information Processing Flashcards
What is information Processing?
This is making decisions. It involves gathering data from the display(senses) and prioritising the most important stimuli to make a suitable decision eg chossing a suitable skill.
What is a ‘basic model’ of information
This shows the simple processes that a performer carries out in order to decide what skill to use.
Draw the information processing model and give an example at each stage for a sporting skill of your choice.
A Smash in BadmintonInput _______Decision making_______Output (seeing the (decide to smash (sends impulseflight of the the shuttle - compare to the musclesshuttle) STM to LTM) to perfom a smash) Feedback ( Recieve feedback about the smash - did it go in, win the point)
What happens at the ‘INPUT’ stage in the information processing model?
Performer takes in information form the environment/displayeg what they can here, what they can see, what they can feel.They choose what is the most relevant signal/cue/stimulus piece of information relevant to them at the time.
Give an example of the input stage of a cricketer catching a ball.
sight is the most relevant signal, watching the ball fly through the air.
What is selective attention?
It is a filtering process whereby the performer picks out the most important parts of the display that rae relevant and discards those that are not. eg cricketer catching a ball will focus on the flight of the ball and filter out the noise of the crowd.
Where does selective attention occur within the information prcessing model.
At the Input stage.
What happens at the ‘Decision Making’ stage in the information processing model?
The performer selects an appropriate response (movement/skill) from memory: perhaps one they have used before in that situation.
What is the short term memory (STM) ?
Working Memory .Information from the display that has been attended to is held in the short-term memory for 30 secs. The information will be lost if you attend to something else.
What is the Long Term memory (LTM)?
Holds information that has been that has been rehaersed and stored. If memory or past experience is relevant to what is required at the same time, it is compared to information in the STM so that a suitable decision can be made.
Give an example of decsion making for a cricketer catching a ball.
The cricketer will have attended to the sight/flight of the ball in the air. They recall the memory of a previous catch (from LTM) and compares it to what they are currently seeing (STM) so the decsion to catch can take place.
What happens at the ‘Output’ stage in the information processing model?
The decision chosen is sent to the appropriate muscles to carry oout a response
Give an example of the output stage for a cricketer catching a ball.
Impulse is sent to the arms and hands to startr the appropriate muscular movements for a catch to take place.
What happens at the ‘Feedback’ stage in the information processing model?
Informationis received intrinsically (from themselves) and/or from others extrinsically regarding the success(or not) of the action.Feedback may affect how you complete the skill in the future.
Give an example of the feedback stage for a cricketer catching a ball.
They can feel the ball in their hands (intrinsic FB) and thay can here theie team mates cheer when they catch it, (extrinsic FB).
