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 _____.

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The stimulation of special receptors in the nose by airborne molecules of chlorine is a sensation, and the interpretation of that sensation as the smell of chlorine is a perception. Therefore, the best answer is B, where the first blank is filled with "sensation" and the second blank is filled with "perception."

As You Enter the Locker Room at the College Gym