______ Is the Mental Process of Making Sense of Sensory

question 43

Multiple Choice

______ is the mental process of making sense of sensory information.

• A) Abstraction
• B) Sensation
• C) Perception
• D) Consciousness

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Definitions:

Opponent-Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how the perception of colors is controlled by two opposing systems, leading to color vision.

Afterimage

A visual phenomenon where an image continues to appear in one's vision after the exposure to the original image has ceased.

Opponent Cells

Specialized cells in the visual system that help perceive color by opposing each other.

Pitch

The perception of the frequency of a sound, determining how high or low a tone sounds.