Perceptions differ from sensations in that __________.
A. perceptions depend as much on prior experience as they do on neural cues traveling between receptors and the brain.
B. perceptions are purely psychological, whereas sensations are purely neural
C. each sensation is actually a large set of perceptions
D. sensations depend mostly on learning, whereas perceptions are innate processes
Answer: A
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