• By focusing on relevant stimuli, the goalkeeper will receive information that will help him intercept the shot.
  
• Then information is compared to similar past experiences that are stored in long term memory.
• This info is called intrinsic feedback, and it is used to make adjustments to movement.

* The process by which meaning is attached to sensory information, is known as perception.

1. Generate a list of stimuli, both relevant and irrelevant, that may be available to the goalkeeper in this situation.

2. Generate a list of possible responses and response details for the above situation.

3. For a skill and situation of your choice, repeat numbers 1 & 2.

4. What are some differences in processing demands for open versus closed skills. Give examples to support your answer.

* Affordances are the action possibilities of the environment and task in relation to the perceivers own capabilities.

ex: How do the actions afforded by a cell phone for a college student differ from those for a toddler?

* Ecological approach views the relationship between perception and action as circular. In other words, it argues against the need to refer to stored representations.

Refer back to the penalty shot scenario:

- rather than making a decision based on the ball's characteristics and memories from similar experiences, the goalie directly perceives the ball in terms of its "catchableness" in relation to her own capabilities.