Detection Is to Interpretation as Sensation Is to

question 26

Multiple Choice

Detection is to interpretation as sensation is to

• A) accommodation.
• B) transduction.
• C) perception.
• D) signal detection.

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Definitions:

Affordances

The opportunities or possibilities for action provided by objects and environments to an organism.

Agnosia

A neurological disorder marked by the inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.

Distal Stimulus

Objects or events in the external world that provide the physical energy that is then converted by the sensory organs into neural energy, leading to perception.

Occipital Stimulus

A stimulus that targets the occipital lobe of the brain, primarily involved in visual processing.