Reaction/ Movement/Response time/ Anticipation

Question 1

Reaction Time (choice and simple)

Answer 1

Reaction time- time from the onset of the stimulus to onset of response
Choice RT- time taken between stimulus and action that requires a choice
Simple RT- time taken to start a single response to a single stimulus

Question 2

Factors effecting Reaction time

Answer 2

stimulus intensity- bolder
age
gender
previous experience
choices
anticipation

Question 3

Movement time

Answer 3

time taken from onset of movement to completion of task

Question 4

Response time

Answer 4

Response time= Reaction time + Movement time

Question 5

Anticipation

Answer 5

predicting a response
if you anticipate correctly- shortens response time
Spatial anticipation- predicting what action and where
Temporal anticipation- predicting when the action will occur

Question 6

Hicks Law

Answer 6

The more choices available the slower response time

Question 7

Single Channel Hypothesis

Answer 7

We can detect many stimuli at once, but only one can be dealt with at a time
If we process one stimulus and a second arrives it must wait