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Decision making — AQA GCSE Physical Education Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Physical Education · key term

Decision making

Definition

Selecting an appropriate response using incoming information and information held in memory.

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AQA GCSE Physical Education · 8582

Paper 2

Information processing explains this through four connected stages: input, decision making, output and feedback. It is a basic model of how a performer responds, rather than a detailed account of everything happening inside the brain.
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Intrinsic feedback

Long-term memory

Selective attention

Short-term memory