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nramada

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What is perception?
 
  a. Perception is the immediate registration of information by the sensory receptors.
  b. Perception uses previous knowledge to gather and interpret the stimuli registered by the senses.
  c. Perception involves only unprocessed sensory information.
  d. Perception requires complex problem solving.

Question 2

Suppose that you are looking at an object on your desk. Which of the following is the best example of the term perception?
 
  a. You combine your previous knowledge, together with the information registered by your eyes.
  b. You compare this object with a set of geons, to determine the best match.
  c. Your retina registers the size, shape, and color of this object.
  d. Information from your retina travels directly to the primary visual cortex and the inferotemporal cortex.


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covalentbond

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

Answer to Question 2

Ans: a


nramada

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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