PEDS203 Chapter 2: Kin/Peds 203 – Chapter 2

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education and Sport
• Course: PEDS203
• Professor: Adrian Popescu

Document Summary

Kin 203 chapter 2: processing information and making decisions. What is the information processing approach? performer as a processor of information: a way to explain motor learning through a model that portrays the. What are the 3 parts of this model: input, available information from the environment, processor of information, the person who processes the input, output, the produced response from the person. Input often exists within a multitude of other environmental stimuli and must first be selected for processing: similar to a person walking in city traffic. Individual controlled stimuli, such as that in an experiment, is often simple such as a illuminating a light: you only need to see or hear a stimulus to begin processing a response to it. How do performers select environmental information: we perceive information directly through our sensory system with increasing experience we become better at perceiving and acting on this information, gibson 1966, 1979, williams, davids, burtwitz, williams 1992.