reponse time

Whats reaction time

The time taken from the onset of the stimulus to the onset of the response

What’s movement time

Time it takes to complete the task after information processing has taken place

What’s response time

Total time it takes from the onset of the stimulus to the completion of the task

Whats simple reaction time

Simple reaction time has 1 option to 1 stimulus

What’s choice reaction time

Choice Reaction time has more then 1 stimulus to choose from

Whats the single channel hypothesis

This hypothesis states that stimuli can only be processed one at a time

What happens to a second stimulus in the single channel hypothesis

It has to wait until the first stimulus has been processed

This increases response time

Whats the delay in processing a second stimulus called

Psychological refractory period

Whats selective attention

Allows performer to focus on most relevant cues

Prevents irrelevant stimuli entering the processing Chanel

What’s temporal anticipation

This is judging when the stimuli is going to happen

Whats spatial anticipation

Refers to where and what the projected stimuli are going to be

For anticipation to work you need to know both temporal and spatial factors