Information Processing Model

Question 1

What does it suggest?

Answer 1

People receive, process, and store information from their environment via the central nervous system.

Question 2

Stage 1 is referred as?

Answer 2

Stimulus identification

Question 3

What does the learner do in Stage 1?

Answer 3

Recognises and identifies sensory input.

Question 4

Identifying environmental cues depends on…

Answer 4

• how long their present
• the intensity of them
• background distractions
• physical characteristics of learner
• level of experience

Question 5

Stage 2 is referred as?

Answer 5

Response selection

Question 6

What are the two types of processing in Stage 2?

Answer 6

Serial:
- One piece of info is processed before the next.
Parallel:
- more than one piece of info is processed simultaneously.

Question 6

What does the learner do in Stage 2?

Answer 6

Makes a decision and develops a motor program.

Question 7

Stage 3 is referred as…

Answer 7

Response execution

Question 8

What does the learner do in Stage 3?

Answer 8

Produces/executes a response or action.

Question 9

When do responses become more successful?

Answer 9

When environmental cues can be linked to specific skill responses.

Question 10

What does the execution of a skill depend on?

Answer 10

How well each stage is completed.