Quenisha is driving home from work and hears a siren behind her, so she pulls over to let the ambulance pass. Hearing the shrill sound of the siren, which is the ability of specialized organs to acquire environmental energy, is an example of _____, whereas recognizing it as coming from an ambulance and knowing to pull over, which is based on the ability of her brain to interpret the information it receives, is an example of _____.

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Sensation refers to the initial process of detecting and encoding environmental energy (such as sound waves from a siren), while perception involves the interpretation of those sensations (recognizing the sound as an ambulance siren and knowing to pull over).

Quenisha Is Driving Home from Work and Hears a Siren