Information Processing and Memory Quiz

The basic information-processing sequence is:

• Output → Input → Decision-making → Feedback

• Input → Decision-making → Output → Feedback

• Input → Output → Decision-making → Feedback

• Feedback → Input → Output → Decision-making

Which is an internal cue?

• Teammate’s shout

• Ball’s flight path

• Sense of body position (proprioception)

• Whistle

Selective attention primarily helps to:

• Increase muscle strength

• Prevent information overload by filtering stimuli

• Speed up LTM storage only

• Replace feedback

Short-term memory (STM) is best described as:

• Permanent, unlimited, slow

• Temporary (~30 s), limited capacity, fast

• Permanent, limited capacity, slow

• Temporary, unlimited capacity, slow

Long-term memory (LTM) commonly stores:

• Only raw sensory snapshots

• Processed information

• Temporary information

• Feedback loops

In decision-making, STM interacts with LTM to:

• Bypass perception altogether

• Compare current cues with past experience

• Eliminate feedback needs

• Slow the response to avoid errors

Which factor improves signal detection?

• Random distractions

• Experience and training

• Fatigue and stress

• Irregular practice spacing only

"Response time" is:

• Time from movement start to finish

• Time from cue detection to movement initiation

• Time to store info in LTM

• Time between feedback types

Knowledge of Results (KR) is:

• Outcome info (e.g., distance/time/score)

• Technique-related cues during the skill

• Intrinsic “feel” of movement

• Balance information from inner ear

Knowledge of Performance (KP) is:

• “You scored 8/10”

• Technique-related cues during the skill

• Intrinsic “feel” of movement

• Balance information from inner ear