AP PSYCHOLOGY

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following sequences has perceptual processes in the correct order?
A
Reception, interpretation, transmission.
B
Transmission, interpretation, transduction.
C
Reception, transduction, transmission
D
Interpretation, transmission, reception
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –transduction is the process by which the receptors change the energy of the detected sensory information into a form which can travel along neural pathways to the brain as action potentials/neural impulses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sensation is the process by which physical energy from objects in the world or in the body stimulates the sense organs. The brain interprets and organizes this sensory information in a process called perception.

Detailed explanation-3: -The just noticeable difference (JND), also known as the difference threshold, is the minimum level of stimulation that a person can detect 50% of the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Weber’s law, the just noticeable difference increases in proportion to the total intensity of the stimulus.

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