MEMORY

Question 1

Define the display system

Answer 1

physical enviroment the learner is performing in

Question 1

What are the four receptor systems

Answer 1

1. visual
2. auditory
3. touch
4. kinathesis

Question 2

Explain the perceptual mechanisms

Answer 2

Interprets information from display / receptor systems
Detection - detects important stimulus
Compasison - compares to LTM
Recigniton - info identifies response

Question 3

Explain translatory mechanisms

Answer 3

Decision making occurs here, info from the perceptual mechanism is used to select the correct response in the form of a motor program.

Question 3

Explain the effector mechanism

Answer 3

motor program puts into action by sending impulses to the muscles

Question 4

muscular system & output data

Answer 4

• muscles need to recieve impulses
• action is preformed

Question 5

define selective attention

Answer 5

“the ability to focus attention on relevant info and to ignore / filter out irrelevant info

Question 5

How does good perception affect performance

Answer 5

• make sense of & interpret info
• selectively attend to relevant info
• speeds up decision making

Question 6

where is SA located

Answer 6

between the STSS and STM

Question 7

what is the functions of selective attention

Answer 7

1. filter out irrelevant info
2. recieve info from STSS
3. send info to STM
4. speed up decision making
5. focus on cues
6. stimulus indentification

Question 8

define the short term sensory store

Answer 8

takes in info that has been processed by sensory receptiors
v large capacity
holds for 0.25-0.5s

Question 9

state three strategies to imrpove memory

Answer 9

• mental practise
• focus
• rewards / motives

Question 10

Define reaction time

Answer 10

time taken from the onset of the stimulus to the onset of the response

Question 11

Define response time

Answer 11

time taken from the onset of the stimulus to the completion of the movement

Question 12

state three factors affecting reaction time

Answer 12

• age
• intensity of stimulus
• predictability

Question 13

state three ways to improve reaction time

Answer 13

1. pay attention
2. practise reponding to simulus
3. increase anticipation

Question 14

Explain the difference between complex & simple reaction time

Answer 14

complex has numerous stimulis, more responses and slower reaction time. whereas simple has one stimulus with one possible reaction.

Question 15

What does Hick’s law state

Answer 15

the more choices you have, the longer the reaction time will be.

Question 16

define the psychological refractory period

Answer 16

one way for the performer to increase the response time of their oponent is by presenting false information eg dummy

Question 17

define anticipation

Answer 17

attempting to predict when a movement will happen

Question 18

temporal vs spacial

Answer 18

predicting when an action will be preformed vs predicting what action will be preformed

Question 19

outline single channel hypothesis

Answer 19

one signal must be cleared before another can be responded to