alleryStart learning →Sensation is said to have occurred when sensory information is detected by a:
ASensory receptor
BThe frontal lobe
CA muscle fibre
DA blood vessel
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sensory receptor
1. The chain from world to mind starts at a specialised cell.
2. When sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor, sensation has occurred.
3. Perception is what happens afterwards, when that information is interpreted.
4. The frontal lobe is involved much later in the chain, not at detection.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Sensation and Perception', sections 5.1-5.6_
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