The Relation Between the Amount of Physical Energy in a Stimulus

question 66

Multiple Choice

The relation between the amount of physical energy in a stimulus and the sensory experience of that stimulus is studied by:

• A)encoding psychology.
• B)psychophysics.
• C)sensory physiology.
• D)transduction psychology.

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