Information processing
What Information processing means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Processing that begins with input, where selective attention filters out irrelevant environmental stimuli to focus on relevant cues.
A process made more efficient by accurate temporal anticipation, which reduces the time needed for detection and decision making.
The general model in which input is the first stage, followed by later stages of decision making and output.
Topics that use Information processing
- Efficiency of information processing to include: (AQA A-Level)
- General information processing model, to include: (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Decision making
- Extrinsic feedback
- Feedback
- Input
- Intrinsic feedback
- Knowledge of results
- Output
- Recognition
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