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Psych Chapter 4
definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sensation | The process of receiving stimulus energies from the environment. |
| Transduction | The process of transforming physical energy into electrochemical energy. |
| Perception | The brain’s process of organizing and interpreting sensory information to give it meaning |
| Bottom-up processing | processing that begins with sensory receptors registering environmental information and sending it to the brain for integration and cognitive processing. |