Sensation Is Typically Understood as the Detection of Simple Stimulus

question 40

Multiple Choice

Sensation is typically understood as the detection of simple stimulus attributes. How would perception usually be defined?

• A) how we form attitudes about the world we see
• B) how we come to understand people
• C) how we organize and integrate simple sensory elements
• D) a lower-order brain process, primarily executed by the hindbrain

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Definitions:

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