As you enter the locker room at the college gym, you notice the sharp, distinctive smell of chlorine from the adjacent swimming pool. The stimulation of special receptors in your nose by airborne molecules of chlorine is an example of _____, and your interpretation of the stimulation is an example of _____.

a. gustation; transduction
b. sensation; perception
c. perception; sensation
d. olfaction; transduction
b. sensation; perception


Answer: b. sensation; perception

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