Physical Education A-Level
Input
What Input means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The first stage of the general information processing model, referring to the information a performer receives from the environment through the senses.
The sensory information detected, such as the flight of a ball or the position of an opponent.
Topics that use Input
- 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
- Information processing
- Intrinsic feedback
- Knowledge of results
- Output
- Recognition
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