Which Statement Is TRUE of Perception as Opposed to Sensation

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which statement is TRUE of perception as opposed to sensation?

• A) Perception is a passive process.
• B) Perception is an interpretation.
• C) Perception stops at detection.
• D) Perception requires PNS organs.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a pause, without new learning trials.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response as the original conditioned stimulus.

Extinction

In biology, the end of an organism or of a group of organisms, normally a species; in psychology, the process through which a conditioned response is eliminated through repeated exposure without reinforcement.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without prior conditioning.