Question

______ is the step in the perceptual process that is analogous to an atm withdrawal (pressure from button press becomes electrical energy then becomes a mechanical response resulting in the dispensing of money).

a. transference
b. transduction
c. knowledge
d. action

Answer 1

The correct answer is option b, that is, transduction.

The perceptual process refers to an arrangement of steps, which starts with the surrounding and results in the perception of a stimulus and an activity in reply to a stimulus. It can also be illustrated as the arrangement of psychological steps, which an individual utilizes to interpret and organize an information from the external world.

One of the steps in a perceptual process is transduction, which is a transformation of an image on the retina into electrical signals. This permits the visual messages to be conducted to the brain to be construed.