Skill Acquisition Year 2 Exam Questions
State the function of the three central mechanisms within Whiting's Model. - ANS-Perceptual
Mechanism: Interprets information from the environment/display.
Translatory Mechanism: Uses gathered information to make a decision.
Effector Mechanism: Transfers decision via nervous system to the muscles to complete the
action.
Suggest three strategies that can be used to improve selective attention. - ANS-- Increase the
intensity of the stimulus by making the ball brighter, shouting louder.
- Increase the time to react/slow the stimulus down by bouncing the ball lower, bowling the ball
slower.
- Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the opposition/identify oppositions patterns of
behaviour to increase ability to focus attention.
- Increase fitness levels/reduce fatigue to lengthen attention span.
- Practice with distractions to increase ability to block out distractions.
Outline the terms chunking and chaining and explain how they can improve the decision making
process. Use examples. - ANS-- Chunking involves storing information in larger units.
- Chaining involves linking together pieces of information.
- Chunking/chaining improve decision making because fewer single pieces information to be
processed which improves short term/working memory /makes recalling information from
long-term memory faster.
Why is selective attention necessary? - ANS-- Filtering of unnecessary information.
- Focussing on relevant information.
- Too much information for limited capacity.
Analyse the stages of information processing that contribute to the success of an athletes start
to a race. - ANS-A01:
- Taking in information from display.
- Information received by the senses of the body.
- Sprinter perceives this information - acquires the information, interprets, selects and organises
it.
- Process of selective attention.
- Perception involves DCR.
- Sprinter translates information and programmes a response.
- Use of STM/LTM sends decision to effector mechanism and muscular system outputs
decision.
A02:
State the function of the three central mechanisms within Whiting's Model. - ANS-Perceptual
Mechanism: Interprets information from the environment/display.
Translatory Mechanism: Uses gathered information to make a decision.
Effector Mechanism: Transfers decision via nervous system to the muscles to complete the
action.
Suggest three strategies that can be used to improve selective attention. - ANS-- Increase the
intensity of the stimulus by making the ball brighter, shouting louder.
- Increase the time to react/slow the stimulus down by bouncing the ball lower, bowling the ball
slower.
- Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the opposition/identify oppositions patterns of
behaviour to increase ability to focus attention.
- Increase fitness levels/reduce fatigue to lengthen attention span.
- Practice with distractions to increase ability to block out distractions.
Outline the terms chunking and chaining and explain how they can improve the decision making
process. Use examples. - ANS-- Chunking involves storing information in larger units.
- Chaining involves linking together pieces of information.
- Chunking/chaining improve decision making because fewer single pieces information to be
processed which improves short term/working memory /makes recalling information from
long-term memory faster.
Why is selective attention necessary? - ANS-- Filtering of unnecessary information.
- Focussing on relevant information.
- Too much information for limited capacity.
Analyse the stages of information processing that contribute to the success of an athletes start
to a race. - ANS-A01:
- Taking in information from display.
- Information received by the senses of the body.
- Sprinter perceives this information - acquires the information, interprets, selects and organises
it.
- Process of selective attention.
- Perception involves DCR.
- Sprinter translates information and programmes a response.
- Use of STM/LTM sends decision to effector mechanism and muscular system outputs
decision.
A02:
