Key term
WJEC A-Level Physical Education 601-8485-1
Performance Analysis and Fitness Testing
Levers and Movement Analysis
Joints and the Musculo-Skeletal System
Components of Fitness and Methods of Training
Energy Systems and Principles of Training
Fatigue, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Diet, Nutrition and Hydration
Personality
Stress, Arousal and Anxiety
Motivation and Self-Efficacy
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
Learning Curves, Theories and Stages
Transfer, Practice, Guidance and Feedback
Sport, Culture and Society
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Social Differentiation in Sport
Short-Term Responses to Exercise
Long-Term Adaptations to Exercise
Carbohydrate Loading and Supplements
Biomechanical Principles
Linear and Angular Motion
Projectile Motion and Fluid Mechanics
Attitudes
Aggression
Social Facilitation
Group Dynamics and Leadership
Attribution Theory
Information Processing and Memory
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Sport and the Mass Media
Commercialisation and Globalisation
Information Processing and Memory
- 5 subtopics
- 15 things to know
- A2 Unit 3
What Information Processing and Memory covers
Information Processing and Memory is examined in A2 Unit 3, Evaluating physical education. It covers Welford's and Whiting's information processing models, memory stores and selective attention, strategies for improving memory, reaction time, response time and Hick's law and the psychological refractory period, anticipation and motor programmes.
Where it is assessed
A2 Unit 3
Evaluating physical education, a 2 hour paper worth 36% of the A level.
Check the WJEC specification ↗The 5 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Welford's and Whiting's information processing modelsInformation processing and its sensory input, perception, decision-making and output stages, Welford's and Whiting's models, the display, the translatory and effector mechanisms, and feedback.Open →
- Memory stores and selective attentionThe short-term sensory store and its capacity, selective attention, short-term memory's capacity and duration, long-term memory, how information moves between them, and improving selective attention.Open →
- Strategies for improving memoryChunking with a sporting example, imagery, association, organisation and rehearsal, meaningful information, making coaching memorable, information overload and rehearsal for a novice.Open →
- Reaction time, response time and Hick's lawReaction, movement and response time with worked sprinter and goalkeeper examples, simple and choice reaction time, Hick's law and how performers use it, and the factors that affect and improve response time.Open →
- The psychological refractory period, anticipation and motor programmesThe psychological refractory period and its use in sport, spatial and temporal anticipation and their risks, motor programmes and subroutines in a tennis serve, and how they become automatic.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What are subroutines, what are they in a tennis serve, and how do they become automatic?
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What is long-term memory, how does information reach it, and how does it help short-term memory?
Process
What is information processing?
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What is chunking?
Process
What are the main stages of information processing?
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What is the short-term sensory store?
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Give an example of chunking in sport.
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What is reaction time?
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What is the psychological refractory period?
Process
What happens at the sensory input stage?
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What is the capacity of the short-term sensory store?
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How does imagery improve memory?
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What is movement time?
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Why does the psychological refractory period occur?
Take Information Processing and Memory further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Reaction time vs Movement time
Reaction time: the gap between a stimulus appearing and a response beginning. Movement time: the gap between starting and finishing an action.
Simple reaction time vs Choice reaction time
Simple reaction time: reacting to one stimulus with one fixed response. Choice reaction time: selecting one response from several stimuli and options.
Spatial anticipation vs Temporal anticipation
Spatial anticipation: predicting what will happen or where it will go. Temporal anticipation: predicting when something will happen.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is information processing?
Model answer
Information processing is the way a performer takes in, interprets and responds to information from the environment. Models break the process into stages.
- 2
What are the main stages of information processing?
Model answer
The stages are sensory input, perception, decision making, output and feedback. Memory supports each stage.
- 3
What happens at the sensory input stage?
Model answer
The senses and receptors detect information from the display. Vision, hearing and proprioception are the main senses in sport.
- 4
What happens at the perception stage?
Model answer
Perception interprets the information detected by the senses. The performer makes sense of what is happening.
- 5
What happens at the decision-making stage?
Model answer
The performer selects a response from memory. The chosen motor programme is sent to the muscles.
- 6
What happens at the output stage?
Model answer
The muscles carry out the chosen movement. The response is the observable action.
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Information Processing and Memory revision questions
- What does Information Processing and Memory cover in WJEC A-Level Physical Education?
- 5 subtopics: welford's and whiting's information processing models, memory stores and selective attention, strategies for improving memory, reaction time, response time and hick's law and the psychological refractory period, anticipation and motor programmes. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Information Processing and Memory organised?
- By the WJEC 601-8485-1 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Information Processing and Memory, on a schedule.
Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.
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