General Information Model- Input

Question 1

Describe the 5 types of sensory information

Answer 1

Visual - External, seeing what is happening
Auditory - External, hearing shouts from the coach, players or crowd
Touch - Internal, feeling of equipment on skin
Balance - Internal, equilibrium, are you stable
Kinaesthetic - Internal, internal muscle feeling that gives information about whether movement felt correct

Question 2

Describe proprioception

Answer 2

• The sense through which we perceive the position and movement of the body
• Includes sense of balance and kinaesthesis
• Senses that depend on the notion of force/touch

Question 3

Describe perception and its stages

Answer 3

• A method of recognising a stimulus by detecting it, then comparing it to memory stores
  1. Detection of stimuli - cues are recieved
  2. Comparison to memory stores
  3. Recognition of stimuli (response) - an understanding of what response is required based on those stored memories