Whitings information processing model

Question 1

List the order of events in whitings information processing model

Answer 1

1) Input data from display
2) Receptor systems
3) Pereceptual mechanisms
4) Translatory mechanisms
5) Effector mechanism
6) Muscular system
7) Output data
8) Feedback data

Question 2

What are the central mechanisms

Answer 2

2) Receptor systems
3) Pereceptual mechanisms
4) Translatory mechanisms
5) Effector mechanism
6) Muscular system

Question 3

1) What is the display

Answer 3

The information available to the performer

Question 4

2) What senses do we use to recieve sensory information from the display (Receptor systems)

Answer 4

• Vision
• Audition
• Proprioception

Question 5

2) (Receptor systems) what does proprioception consist of

Answer 5

• Touch
• Kinaesthesis
• Equilibrium - balance

Question 6

3) What process occurs in perception

Answer 6

DCR process

Question 7

3) (Perception) what is the DCR process

Answer 7

• Detection = recieve cues
• Comparison = recieved cues compared with those already stored in memory system
• Recognition = understand what response is required based on stored memories

Question 8

3) what also occurs in (perception)

Answer 8

Selective attention

Question 9

3) What does selective attention mean (perception)

Answer 9

Relevant info such as the ball is focused on and irrelivant info such as crowd is filtered out

Question 10

3) Give 5 reasons why selective attention is important (perception)

Answer 10

1) Aids concentration
2) Improves reaction time
3) Filters out distractions
4) Controls the arousal levels
5) Reduces chance of info overload in STM

Question 11

3) Give an example for (perception) for recieving a high ball

Answer 11

1) detect high ball through vision and judge its speed
2) Compare info to stored memory and recognise you have recieved one before
3) Use selective attention to focus only on the ball and disregard the crowd
4) Decide on a plan of action (turn sideways and jump)

Question 12

4) What happens in the (translatory) mechanisms

Answer 12

Information from the perceptual mechanisms is used to make a decision on what action should be taken (which motor programme should be used), with help of previous experiences stored in the memory

Question 13

5) What happens in the (effector mechanism)

Answer 13

When a motor programme has been selected, impulses are sent to the relevant working muscles in order to carry out the movement

Question 14

6) what happens in the (muscular system)

Answer 14

Muscles recieve impulses are ready to produce the skill

Question 15

7) What happens in the (output data)

Answer 15

Motor programme is performed

Question 16

8) What happens in the (feedback data)

Answer 16

Information about the motor programme is recieved