AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Auditory transduction starts by converting sound pressure waves into mechanical vibrations of the eardrum and ossicles. These vibrations get transmitted through the middle ear to the cochlea, where they are converted into electrical signals by hair cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sound is transmitted to the fluid of the inner ear through vibrations of the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes. Transduction, the change from mechanical energy to neural impulses, takes place in the hair cells, specifically through potassium channels at the tips of the stereocilia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Inner Ear (Cochlea) is where transduction takes place.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vibrating objects, such as vocal cords, create sound waves or pressure waves in the air. When these pressure waves reach the ear, the ear transduces this mechanical stimulus (pressure wave) into a nerve impulse (electrical signal) that the brain perceives as sound.