KP161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Information Processing, Psychological Refractory Period, Mental Chronometry
15 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Multi limb coordination: physical pro ciency abilities. Understanding abilities: determine the underlying abilities that are important for the successful performance of a speci c skill. Perception: process by which meaning is attached to sensory information, two approaches for expelling the nature of perception: Ecological approach/ dynamic systems approach: textbook figure 2. 1 information processing model. Ecological approach: environment and task are perceived directly, a ordances: Action possibilities of the envionrment/task in relation to the perceivers capabilities. Perception of the envionrment/ task in terms of the actions the perceiver can potentially exert on it: ecological approach to perception: Views the relationship between perception and action as circular. ** try 2. 2 activity**: figure 2. 2 in textbook- ecological approach illustrated. Preparing a response: reaction time (rt): brief time lag between (1) the moment when a stimulus is presented and (2) the initiation of a response: Number of response choices: hicks law: Choice rt is logarithmically related to the number of response choice.
