Memory models

What is general information processing

 is a method used to consider how learning takes place => informational processing model can be used to consider how learning takes place => the model contains 4 parts linked via a learning loop

What is input information

 the info. Received from a range of sources => senses: hearing = interpreted by the body and vision: used to track the flight of a ball

What is proprioception

 

 how we know how our body = orientated in space => allows us to feel racket or ball + react accordingly

• 3 components of proprioception

• Touch => the weight of a tennis shot

• Equilibrium/balance => maintain stability to perform a skill

• Kinaesthesis => a sense that tells the performer what position their body is in

What are sensory receptors/ perception

performer will pick out important cues from the environment and interpret these

What is selective attention

process of sorting our relevant pieces of info which are received. Attention passes the info. To the short-term memory which gives time for conscious analysis

What is the working memory model

Proposed by Baddeley and Hitch => alternative for STM => suggests that there are 4 main components which make up the memory

What is the central executive

the most important component it is involved in the problem solving + decision making

• Processes information => i.e. a stimulus of a ball coming towards you when in goal

What is the phonological loop

consists of phonological store (inner ear) which allows the sound to be stored AND the articulatory control process/ the inner ear

• Images that contain components of a skill => motor program can be used to produce movement

• Rehearses words in STM

What is the visuo-spatial sketch pad

stores visual and spatial info. => also known as inner eye which sets up mental images

• E.g. a gymnast flight on a vault

What is the episodic buffer

responsible for integrating and manipulating material => has a limited capacity and depends on executive processing